Systems Administrator

Falcon IT is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator (Linus, OX, VMWare, EsX) to work in Lexington, MA. This is a full-time position supporting one of the country’s premier defense research organizations.

***Must have a Secret Security Clearance***

This role is part of a Cyber System Assessments team responsible for discovering vulnerabilities within cyber defense systems and enabling effective cyber operations. The role supports the expansion and maintenance of a heterogeneous network of Windows, Linux, OS X, and VMware ESX platforms.

Responsibilities:

This position requires the talent of a well-rounded System Administrator who will be responsible for

scoping, planning, designing, delivering, and maintaining systems based on the needs of the research

group. It will play an active role within the organization on a continuing basis, making flexibility and

adaptability key skills. As a Consultant supporting different projects with interesting and challenging

computing constraints, strong communication and interpersonal skills are a must. This role will also

provide technical support to users, provision new research systems, update system configurations, solve

user problems with application compatibility, and complete installations and operating system

upgrades. Compliance is also an important component of the role. Support will be required as an

alternate Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to assist in computer system security compliance,

issue detection, reporting and mitigation. This may require assistance with developing and maintaining

System Security Plans (SSPs), ensuring Information Technology (IT) systems are operated, audited,

maintained, and disposed of in accordance with SSP guidelines, and ensuring configuration management

is maintained and properly documented.

Required Skills:

• Broad System Administrator experience in diverse OS/network environments (Linux, Windows,

Macintosh)

• Experience in designing, building, and supporting virtualized environments

• Experience in VMware vSphere 5.0 – 6.5

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with troubleshooting servers and storage of various platforms

• Solid understanding of networking (e.g. switching, routing, and firewalls) and networking

services/protocols (e.g. DNS, DHCP, HTTP etc).

• Enterprise storage system experience (iSCSI/NFS, EqualLogic/NetApp,etc)

• Ability to assess current infrastructure and plan expected computer upgrades and new

infrastructure hardware procurement to provide a high-grade development environment. Assist

with procurement.

• Design software and hardware requirements that meet program specifications.

• Broad familiarity with Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements.

• Experience preparing machines for classified use and initiating the certification and

accreditation process.

• Troubleshoot software and hardware issues in dynamic environments

• Understand and operate within established internal IT policies as appropriate

• Maintain and update processes, procedures, and solutions

Other Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or at least 5 years of relevant work experience

• At least 8 years of System Administration experience.

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Candidate will be required to meet DoD 8570 requirements i.e. Security+ certification or

equivalent within 6 months of start date.

• U.S. Citizenship required.

• Must possess Secret security clearance, Top Secret Preferred