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System Administrator

Yakshna Solutions
Herndon, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/7/2026
System Administrator - Norfolk, VA

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Job Description

ID Job Title Job Description 77114 System Administrator

Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serve its business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

YSI is seeking a System Administrator. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the following:

  • Network Infrastructure
    • Computer networking concepts, protocols, and security methodologies
    • Local Area Network/Wide Area Network (LAN/WAN) architecture and pathways
    • Bandwidth management principles and techniques
    • Network traffic flow (TCP/IP and OSI model)
    • Performance tuning tools and techniques
    • Remote access technologies
    • Virtual Private Network (VPN) security
    • Network protocols (TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), directory services)
    • Common network tools (e.g., ping, traceroute, nslookup)
    • File system implementations (e.g., New Technology File System (NTFS), File Allocation Table (FAT), Extended File System (EXT))
    • Virtualization technologies and virtual machine management

  • Security Expertise
    • IT security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones (DMZs), encryption)
    • Network security architecture concepts (topology, protocols, defense-indepth)
    • Cybersecurity principles, threats, and vulnerabilities
    • National and international cybersecurity laws, regulations, and policies
    • Organizational IT user security policies (e.g., account management, access control)
    • Data security standards (PII, PCI, PHI)
    • System administration, network, and operating system hardening techniques
    • Software-based computer protection tools (e.g., firewalls, antivirus, antispyware)
    • Knowledge of transmission records (Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared (IR) transmission, Wi-Fi, etc.) and jamming techniques

  • System Administration
    • Server and client operating systems
    • Systems administration concepts and best practices
    • Enterprise IT architecture
    • System/server diagnostic tools and fault identification
    • Operating system command line/prompt (e.g., ipconfig, netstat, dir, nbtstat)
    • System maintenance procedures (cleaning, disk checks, reboots, backups, etc.)

  • Cloud Computing
    • Cloud computing service models (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS)
    • Cloud computing deployment models (private, public, hybrid)
    • Cloud security strategy and architecture
    • Migrating workloads between cloud service models
Required Skills And Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in related field (Cybersecurity/IT related field)
  • Four (4) years of system management experience.
  • Accumulation of Qualifying Experience - Categories of experience may be accumulated concurrently.
  • Secret Clearance required

Location: Norfolk, VA,

Status: Full-time (Onsite)

Clearance: Secret

US Citizenship

No C2C-W-2 Only

YSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Please e-mail your profile / referrals to resumes@yakshna.com

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