Engineering & Implementation Systems Administration Lead

Position is contingent upon contract award and funding.

Entarian is seeking an experienced Engineering & Implementation Systems Administration Lead to oversee the deployment administration integration and sustainment of enterprise infrastructure supporting engineering development testing and operational environments. The Engineering & Implementation Systems Administration Lead is responsible for ensuring the availability performance security and reliability of systems supporting mission-critical applications throughout the implementation life-cycle. This role provides technical leadership for systems administration activities while coordinating closely with engineering cloud cybersecurity networking DevSecOps and program management teams to successfully deploy and sustain complex technical solutions.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience supporting large-scale technical environments involving space systems ground infrastructure mission operations communications networks cloud platforms or enterprise information technology capabilities.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead systems administration activities supporting engineering integration implementation testing and production environments.
• Plan install configure and maintain Windows Linux virtual cloud and hybrid infrastructure supporting mission-critical systems.
• Coordinate infrastructure deployment activities with engineering networking cybersecurity cloud and DevSecOps teams.
• Manage enterprise server virtualization storage backup identity management and supporting infrastructure services.
• Monitor system performance availability capacity and operational health while resolving complex infrastructure issues.
• Implement and maintain secure system configurations in accordance with DISA STIGs RMF requirements and organizational security policies.
• Lead patch management vulnerability remediation system hardening and life-cyclemaintenance activities.
• Support system integration verification testing accreditation and operational readiness activities.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure documentation implementation procedures standard operating procedures (SOPs) and system diagrams.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes through established configuration management and change control processes.
• Provide technical leadership mentoring and task direction to systems administrators and implementation personnel.
• Support customer meetings engineering reviews technical troubleshooting and deployment activities as required.

Salary Range: $130000.00 - $152000.00

• Active Secret security clearance (TS/SCI preferred depending on program requirements).
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience administering enterprise Windows Linux virtualized cloud or hybrid infrastructure supporting complex government or commercial environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading systems administration teams supporting implementation integration or enterprise infrastructure deployments.
• Experience deploying and administering Windows Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VMware Hyper-V or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking storage virtualization identity management backup and recovery and systems monitoring.
• Experience supporting Active Directory Group Policy DNS DHCP PKI certificate management and enterprise authentication services.
• Experience implementing secure system configurations using DISA STIGs Security Technical Implementation Guides or equivalent security standards.
• Experience supporting infrastructure implementation projects technology refresh initiatives and operational transitions.
• Familiarity with scripting and automation technologies such as PowerShell Bash Python or Ansible.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across enterprise infrastructure technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering cybersecurity operations and customer organizations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Word PowerPoint Excel Project and Outlook.
• Ability to travel approximately 10% to support customer locations implementation activities engineering reviews and operational deployments.

• Experience supporting Department of Defense U.S. Space Force NASA Intelligence Community or other classified government programs.
• Experience supporting AWS GovCloud Azure Government VMware Cloud Foundation or hybrid cloud architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes Docker OpenShift or containerized application environments.
• Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines CI/CD infrastructure GitLab Azure DevOps or Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds Splunk Elastic Grafana Prometheus or Microsoft System Center.
• Experience supporting high availability disaster recovery backup replication and business continuity architectures.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or comparable infrastructure certifications.
• Security CISSP or other DoD 8140-compliant cybersecurity certification.
• Experience supporting space systems mission operations communications infrastructure or enterprise command and control environments.
• Experience leading infrastructure modernization cloud migration or enterprise transformation initiatives.

Formed through the strategic union of Sev1Tech and ERT Entarian is a premier provider of mission-critical engineering and technology solutions. Founded on a legacy of excellence dating back to 1993 Entarian is a product of an evolved and fully diversified engineering and federal technology leader. From deep space to defense and civilian missions Entarian delivers secure mission-aligned digital solutions that drive national resilience and operational effectiveness. We dont just support modernization; we define it.

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