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Windows System Administrator

Lensa
Charleston, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 12/12/2025 CLOSED ON 1/6/2026

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Windows Systems Administrator

Charleston, SC

Secret Clearance with upgrade to Top Secret

As a Windows System Administrator you will play an integral role on the NIWC Atlantic Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) Infrastructure and Platform Sustainment (CIPS) team supporting local and remote user desktop machines and servers. You will focus on systems and application stability, security, performance, and capacity management, as well as documentation. This position requires a four day, ten hours a day schedule.

Position Requirements And Duties

  • Responsible for the sustainment of systems within enterprise-class environment
  • Provide support for emergent Windows operating system issues
  • Competent and adaptable in all areas of Windows systems administration

Qualifications

  • US Citizen
  • TS Clearance eligibility
  • Minimum of 4 years of experience with Windows desktop and server operating systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Dell laptops, notebooks, and mobile workstations
  • Server hardware installation, maintenance and troubleshooting
  • SharePoint administration
  • DISA Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) compliance
  • Experience working in classified spaces
  • Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
  • Microsoft SQL Server database
  • McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and related tools
  • Familiarity with Apache Tomcat

Certifications

  • DoD 8570 IAT II &CNDSP Infrastructure Support

Additional Information

  • Re-location to the primary work location is required
  • Up to 10% Travel may be required

Company Overview

Adapt Forward is a cybersecurity solutions provider for some of the nation’s most valuable information systems. Leveraging advanced threat assessment technology and experience in building high-level information security infrastructure, we develop adaptive solutions uniquely tailored to our customers’ business objectives to protect sensitive data against sophisticated threats in an increasingly complex security environment.

Summary Of Benefits

  • Comprehensive Physical Wellness Package, including Medical, Dental, Vision Care, plus Flexible Spending Accounts for health- and dependent-care are included in our standard benefits plan.
  • 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Contribution is immediately available and vested.
  • Annual Training Budget to be used for conference attendance, school enrollment, certification programs, and associated travel expenses.
  • Eleven Federal Holidays, plus three weeks of PTO/vacation/sick leave that accrues at a rate of ten hours per month.
  • Employee Assistance Program: Counseling/legal assistance and other employee well-being programs are also offered.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Adapt Forward’s Veteran/Disability Affirmative Action Plan narrative section is available for inspection upon request during normal business hours at the Human Resources office and may be requested by contacting Human Resources at HR@adaptforward.com.

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