Lead Systems Administrator (TS/SCI)

Responsibilities Peraton has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead Systems Administrator to provide system engineering, application and hardware support working with a Peraton Federal Customer in Annapolis Junction, MD. This on-site position offers the right candidate the chance to contribute to important work in support of our country. The right candidate will hold an active TS/SCI , with the ability to obtain a polygraph if one is not currently held. Work Location: Annapolis Junction, MD; onsite 5 days a week. What you will do: Provide systems administration, engineering, application, and hardware support for mission-critical federal systems. Proactively monitor software and hardware platforms to maintain system health, performance, throughput, and availability. Troubleshoot complex system integration and data flow issues, identify disruptions, determine corrective actions, and restore system functionality and data integrity. Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and maintain Windows-based servers, workstations, and PCs, including operating systems, applications, hardware, and device drivers. Support the virtualization of IAFIS servers onto Microsoft Hyper-V, including high availability, failover, backup, and system recovery capabilities. Perform advanced Windows system administration, including services, scheduled tasks, security policies, firewall and port configurations, registry settings, disk management, and user/group administration. Manage network connectivity, domains, users and machines, drive mapping, file permissions and sharing, access controls, and Remote Desktop. Perform system upgrades, customizations, vulnerability patching, and ongoing maintenance of servers, workstations, and peripherals. Monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server databases, processes, logs, and Gordano email services, including POP/SMTP communication issues. Respond to customer support requests by investigating, resolving, communicating, and documenting technical issues through resolution. Support ad hoc reporting, planning, and technical research requests from the customer. Collaborate with customers and technical teams to maintain secure, reliable, and highly available systems in support of federal mission requirements. Qualifications Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of experience, or a Master’s degree and 10 years of experience, or a PhD and 7 years of experience, or an Associate’s degree and 14 years of experience, or a High School diploma/equivalent and 16 years of experience. US Citizenship required. Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph. Experience in technical support, network engineering, systems engineering, Windows software engineering, or a related technical field. Strong knowledge of Windows operating systems, including system configuration, troubleshooting, services, scheduled tasks, security policies, firewall and port configuration, registry,…