What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Administrator position at NTG?
Description
Position Summary
Northern Technologies Group (NTG) is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to support mission-critical operations for U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base.
This role is responsible for maintaining, securing, and optimizing enterprise IT infrastructure in a high-availability, classified environment. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with Windows Server environments, system maintenance, and DoD security compliance.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Northern Technologies Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
Travel
10%
Shift
Normal office hours that align with the core hours of the customer
Note
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
The salary range listed represents a good faith estimate and is provided in compliance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final compensation offered will be determined based on a variety of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and market conditions.
Position Summary
Northern Technologies Group (NTG) is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to support mission-critical operations for U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base.
This role is responsible for maintaining, securing, and optimizing enterprise IT infrastructure in a high-availability, classified environment. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on experience with Windows Server environments, system maintenance, and DoD security compliance.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain Windows Server 2019/2022 environments
- Perform system patching, upgrades, and vulnerability remediation
- Monitor and manage server performance, availability, and system health
- Ensure compliance with DoD security standards, STIGs, and policies
- Support infrastructure deployments, system builds, and configuration management
- Troubleshoot and resolve system-level issues across enterprise environments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, engineers, and mission stakeholders
- Maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and system procedures
- Escalate and track issues to resolution in accordance with operational priorities
- Support continuous improvement of system performance and security posture
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification (e.g., Security )
- 3 years of systems administration experience in enterprise environments
- Hands-on experience with Windows Server administration
- Experience with patching, system upgrades, and maintenance processes
- Understanding of DoD security requirements (STIGs, RMF, etc.)
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Experience supporting USCENTCOM or similar DoD combatant commands
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies (VMware/vSphere)
- Experience with certificate lifecycle management (PKI)
- Knowledge of scripting/automation (e.g., PowerShell)
- Experience working in multi-domain or classified environments (NIPR/SIPR)
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Northern Technologies Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
Travel
10%
Shift
Normal office hours that align with the core hours of the customer
Note
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
The salary range listed represents a good faith estimate and is provided in compliance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final compensation offered will be determined based on a variety of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and market conditions.