Junior Systems Administrator

Peraton is hiring a Junior Systems Administrator to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Annapolis Junction, MD. As a Systems Administrator on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. As a Systems Administrator on our team, you will support the development and maintenance of system security plans (SSPs); provision systems including creating new systems e.g. in virtualized environment; generate and configure certificates; install and maintain software and equipment lists; address system issues i.e. disk space, memory, CPU; open ports to allow various applications to communicate; maintain Corporate Risk Management Framework posture; perform STE/STN scans and perform related weekly audits and reporting; address compliance requirements and weekly updates and maintain all required logs; run weekly vulnerability scans and provide reports on health and status of the SSPs; address IAVAs and other vulnerabilities/security findings; and maintain vulnerability patching.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years’ experience as an SA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Five (5) years of additional SA experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.
• DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level 1 or higher is required.
• Experience providing system administration within a Windows, Linux, and cloud environment.
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Flexible/easily adaptable within a dynamic work environment that may require surge efforts.
• Good analytical skills.
• Able to:
  • Work independently as well as within a team setting to complete assigned tasks within expected schedule.
  • Work with top-level government management and to work as a team member.
  • Prioritize projects/tasks based on government requirements.
  • Break down complex problems and offer solutions and or recommendations for a way forward.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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.

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.