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The System Administrator will support the administration, operation, maintenance, and security of enterprise information technology systems. The selected candidate will manage Windows and/or Linux server environments, support system availability and performance, apply patches and updates, resolve technical issues, and ensure systems operate in accordance with customer security, configuration-management, and operational requirements.\nThe System Administrator will work closely with network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, application teams, service desk staff, and government stakeholders to maintain reliable, secure, and mission-ready IT services.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nAdminister, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows Server and/or Linux operating systems.\nManage user accounts, groups, permissions, and access controls in Active Directory and related identity-management services.\nPerform system monitoring, event-log review, capacity management, and performance tuning.\nApply operating system patches, security updates, and configuration changes in accordance with approved change-management procedures.\nSupport vulnerability remediation efforts and maintain compliance with applicable security requirements, including STIGs and customer security policies.\nMaintain server documentation, system inventories, standard operating procedures, and configuration records.\nSupport backup, recovery, continuity-of-operations, and disaster-recovery activities.\nInvestigate and resolve escalated hardware, software, operating system, and access-related incidents.\nCoordinate with cybersecurity, networking, cloud, application, and service-management teams to resolve complex technical issues.\nParticipate in system upgrades, migrations, testing, deployments, and technology-refresh activities.\nProvide technical status updates, incident documentation, and operational reports to management and government stakeholders.\nParticipate in on-call, after-hours, or maintenance-window support as required by the program.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field, plus 2-4 years of relevant experience; additional relevant experience may be substituted for education in accordance with contract requirements.\nAt least 2+ years of experience administering Windows Server, Linux, or mixed enterprise server environments.\nExperience with Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file services, and access management.\nExperience performing system patching, vulnerability remediation, and configuration management.\nFamiliarity with system monitoring, log analysis, troubleshooting, and incident-resolution processes.\nExperience using ticketing and IT service-management tools, such as ServiceNow, Remedy, or a comparable platform.\nKnowledge of cybersecurity principles, least privilege, secure configuration practices, and applicable security controls.\nAbility to create and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and operational reports.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.\nPreferred Qualifications\nCurrent CompTIA Security+ CE or other DoD 8570/8140-aligned certification, if required by the contract.\nMicrosoft, Red Hat, VMware, AWS, Azure, or other relevant technical certifications.\nExperience implementing or maintaining DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).\nExperience with VMware vSphere, virtualized environments, storage platforms, or backup and recovery tools.\nExperience with scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, or similar tools.\nExperience supporting cloud or hybrid-cloud infrastructure.\nExperience supporting DHS, federal civilian, or other regulated government IT environments.\nFamiliarity with Agile, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, or automated configuration-management practices.\nDHS EOD\nSecurity Vetting for up to TS/SCI\nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nNovember 9, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $59,150.00 - $106,925.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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