Senior Systems Administrator

Description

Leidos DISPATCHER program has a Dynamic opening for a System Administrator with Multi-Media Experience to work at our customer site. This is an exciting opportunity to use your expertise to support production of multimedia products in the planning, development, testing, certification, implementation, and maintenance of current and future Apple and Windows based multimedia systems, applications, and networks crossing multiple domains.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Take initiative and exercise resourcefulness to identify, research, and resolve technical problems, and provide support to other mission support systems

• Your support will include installation, upgrades, and maintenance for operating systems and applications; providing supporting data and documentation for systems and applications accreditation processes and change requests; verifying system, application, and configuration changes through testing and change management processes.

• Collaborate with the Tier 3 development and security teams to share and obtain information on routine and non-routine maintenance and troubleshoot common systems, and their interactions with command systems infrastructure.

• Device management software in a mixed environment of Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. 

• Configure and maintain Apple Device Management solution of iMac endpoints.

• Create and administer Apple operating system installation and application packages and provide patch management for applications and servers. 

• Create and update scripts (PowerShell and Bash).

• Resolve MySQL database server issues.

• Configure, test, and implement requirements in accordance with Government IT security policies.

• Review of incidents, identify problems, apply problem solving, diagnosis and troubleshooting skills, and address them to resolution. 

• Create, update, and maintain standards, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and documentation on an ongoing basis.

Mandatory Skills:

• Clearance: Must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance w/Poly to be considered

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of related work experience OR Masters and 10 years of experience

• Minimum 3-5 years experience with CentOS Linux system administration.

• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills

• Effectively complete engineering projects with nominal direction

Desired Skills

• Experience providing engineering support, specializing in Apple hardware and MAC operating systems or willingness to learn

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 46,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

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Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.