Systems Administrator - Space Domain Awareness

Responsibilities

Peraton has a great opportunity for a Systems Administrator in Chantilly, VA supporting our Intelligence Community (IC) customer. At the heart of national security, we've been embedded into this cutting-edge program for nearly a decade. You will be working in a rewarding, mission focused environment, cutting edge software design, development, and deployment, contributing to the protection and defense of national space assets. Your efforts will fundamentally change what Space Domain Awareness and Mission Protection mean for our Nation.

Skyfire is a Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system. Its purpose is establish a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), find RSOs of interest, and provide data to ground operators. Located in Chantilly, VA, the Skyfire team uses: programmatics, sensor modeling, and system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system.

We are seeking a Systems Administration to:

• Provide technical expertise and support to end-users.

• Enable customers the ability to access and operate mission-critical applications

What you'll do:

• Provide technical expertise to support operations.

• Responsible the execution of Account Management, functions, activities and tasks.

• Performs: Incident Management, Event Management and After Hours Support.

• Provides technical support to users by researching and answering questions, troubleshooting problems, and maintaining workstation and LAN performance.

• Provides answers to clients by identifying problems, researching answers, and guiding clients through corrective steps.

• Monitor and manage systems to ensure operation, reporting of anomalies, call-out of Tier 2/3 staff

• Improves system performance by identifying problems and recommending changes.

• Documents and logs routine and non-routine events with an eye for metrics.

• Maintains eligibility by completing all mandatory training objectives.

• Participate in training and development of staff techniques, technologies, and processes

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree and 4+ years of experience; OR Batchelor's degree and 2+ years of experience; OR Master's degree. Additional experience will not be considered in lieu of a degree

• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance.

• IAT II Certification (Security+)

• Experience with Active Directory account and server management and monitoring

• Experience with monitoring and management tools

• Knowledge of Backup Systems, Networking principles, and equipment

• Knowledge of IT Service Management Processes and concepts with special emphasis on Incident and Event management

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate work within a team, provide training and technical direction to team members, mentor and train newly assigned staff

• Demonstrated customer service capabilities and focus

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or System Administration

• Working knowledge of virtualization, VMWare, or equivalent

• System administration and IT certifications in Linux, Microsoft, or network related

• Working knowledge of, and experience with, JIRA and Confluence, ServiceNow

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$66,000 - $106,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.