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Junior Systems Administrator

Lensa
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 11/21/2025 CLOSED ON 12/17/2025

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Description

Seeking a Systems Administrator to support a large federal government agency. Employee will perform on-site, at a secure government location on one of three shifts, including weekend/holiday rotations and on-call support. Day shift and days of the week rotate.

Description Of Duties

  • Monitor, triage, troubleshoot and perform systems administration, maintenance activities and periodic system health checks on a complex messaging platform.
  • Perform operations and maintenance activities related to directory services, group policies, security compliance and data/systems backup.
  • Install system/application patches. Perform periodically scheduled password cycling and virus definition updates.
  • Develop, test, and execute PowerShell scripts to check for potential system issues and automate routine tasks.
  • Coordinate and interact with other service offices to remediate systems outages, performance degradations and network/application defects.

Qualifications

Required Education & Experience:

  • Bachelors and 1 years of experience; or equivalent experience without a degree.
  • Microsoft Server 2003/2008/2012; Active Directory; Windows XP/2003/2007; Office 2010
  • Reliability and strong sense of work commitment.
  • Ability to follow Standard Operations Procedures and verbal direction.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Self-motivation, professional demeanor, and accountability.

Clearance Requirement

  • US Citizenship.
  • Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI.

Desired Experience/Skills/Attributes

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2014; SharePoint Server 2007/2013; BizTalk Server 2009/2013; Internet Information Services (IIS); System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
  • PowerShell scripting.
  • NetIQ AppManager Control Center; NetIQ AppManager Operator Console.
  • VMware vSphere Client, NetApp OnCommand System Manager 2.2.
  • Information Support Server Environment (ISSE) 3.x/4.x.
  • General switch, router, and firewall management.
  • Network and Host Vulnerability Assessment / Mitigation.
  • CompTIA A , Network , Security .
  • ITIL Foundations.

Target salary range: $40,001 - $80,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2511565

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com

Salary : $40,001 - $80,000

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