System Administrator, Senior

System Administrator, Senior

The Opportunity: Your combination of people skills and system administrator expertise makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology supporting our client?

As a System Administrator on our project, you will support the operation, maintenance, and design of information technology resources within a laboratory for High Performance Computing technology and data analytics. You will maintain responsibility for the installation of new equipment and operating systems to best suit the needs of research to be conducted and the researchers requiring support. You will support the review of current infrastructure to provide an overview and prepare plans for improvement and enhancement that will increase efficiency and security within the network. You will maintain responsibility for cutting-edge computing systems and the evaluation of their use for research in furtherance of the mission.

Your system administrator expertise will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network. You will help your team better understand the network by turning metrics into information and explaining their meaning.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• Experience configuring and managing Unix, Linux, and Windows operating systems, including installing or loading operating system software, troubleshooting, maintaining integrity of and configuring network components, and implementing operating systems enhancements to improve security, reliability, and performance
• Experience administering, monitoring, and maintaining HPC systems, including compute nodes, storage, networking, and software stacks
• Experience providing support to IT systems, including day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all client, server, storage, or network devices or mobile devices
• Experience optimizing system operations and resource utilization and performing system capacity analysis and planning
• Experience contributing to performance benchmarking, system tuning, and capacity planning
• Experience supporting researchers by providing technical expertise and resolving IT roadblocks or issues
• Knowledge of network engineering
• Ability to communicate with researchers to develop computing environments that will optimize results
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in System Administration, Network Administration, Computer Information Systems, or Computer Science and 10+ years of experience as a lead system administrator, or 15+ years of experience as a lead system administrator in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with network fundamentals and network troubleshooting
• Experience in shell scripting and diagnosing open-source issues
• Experience with Slurm
• Experience with programming in C or Python
• Experience with system automation tools or system provisioning tools
• Experience with distributed storage systems and containerization tools
• Experience installing, maintaining, and using infrastructure and performance monitoring and optimization tools
• Experience setting up and executing benchmarks in an HPC environment and analyzing their results systematically

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Compensation

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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees.

Identity Statement

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Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you'll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.