Junior Systems Administrator
Location: Russell-Knox Building (RKB) - Quantico, VA
PWS Task Area: PWS 2.14 - System Management
Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI
Certifications: Cloud+ CE, Server+ CE, and/or Security+ CE, as applicable
Required Education: Associate's degree or higher in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field. Equivalent specialized training and experience may be considered.
Required Experience: One (1) to three (3) years of system administration or technical support experience involving servers, virtualization, storage, backup, identity, or related infrastructure.
Position Description
Ailani Wind Joint Venture is seeking a Junior Systems Administrator to support the operation and maintenance of on-premises systems serving NIPR, SIPR, SAP, and AFSCI missions. Working under the technical oversight of intermediate and senior systems administrators, this position performs day-to-day server, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, backup, and documentation activities.
The administrator responds to incidents, completes approved maintenance, verifies backups and system health, and escalates complex work requiring advanced or expert-level analysis. Intermediate and senior team members provide the expert capability required for complex engineering, recovery, and continuity activities.
Primary Responsibilities
Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:
- Perform routine administration and maintenance of Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers under senior technical oversight and approved procedures.
- Monitor server, storage, application, authentication, and virtualization dashboards and promptly report or resolve identified conditions.
- Provision and update virtual machines, accounts, groups, permissions, DHCP records, and other assigned services.
- Assist with SAN, NAS, cloud-storage, and capacity-management activities.
- Execute approved patches, configuration changes, software installations, and maintenance tasks and document completion.
- Monitor Commvault or comparable backup jobs, investigate failures, and support scheduled restoration testing.
- Troubleshoot assigned system, application, performance, and access incidents and escalate complex issues with complete technical notes.
- Support workload, application, and data migrations to approved cloud environments.
- Participate in backup/restoral, disaster recovery, business continuity, and continuity of operations exercises.
- Maintain inventories, system records, diagrams, checklists, standard operating procedures, and configuration documentation.
- Coordinate with senior administrators and network, cyber, application, and service desk personnel to sustain mission operations.
Required Qualifications
- Foundational-to-intermediate knowledge of server operating systems, virtualization, enterprise storage, backup/recovery, identity services, and system monitoring.
- Working knowledge of Red Hat/Linux, Windows Server, VMware or comparable virtualization, and Commvault or comparable backup platforms.
- Basic knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-209, and applicable DAF and AFOSI COOP concepts.
- Ability to follow technical procedures, troubleshoot systematically, document work accurately, and escalate issues appropriately.
- Ability to safeguard classified and sensitive systems and comply with configuration, change, and cybersecurity controls.
- Ability to perform routine assignments under senior technical oversight and recognize work requiring advanced or expert-level support.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field.
- RHCSA, Microsoft Windows Server, VMware, or Commvault certification.
- Hands-on experience supporting Active Directory, DHCP, SAN/NAS, virtual machines, and enterprise monitoring tools.
- Experience participating in recovery testing, COOP exercises, or cloud migrations.
- Experience supporting DAF or AFOSI systems and users.
About PingWind
PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cybersecurity, development, IT infrastructure, supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is an SBA certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with offices in Northern Virginia and Huntsville AL.
Our benefits include:
· Eleven Federal Holidays
· Paid Time Off accrued each pay period
· Parental Leave
· Three medical plan choices with generous employer contribution
· Dental and Vision Insurance
· Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
· Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
· 401k with competitive matching and vesting schedule
· Continuing education assistance
· Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
· Medical, Dependent Care and Commuter Flexible Spending Accounts
· Employee Assistance Program
· Wellness benefits include Calm Health app and WellHub gym subsidy (formerly GymPass)
· 529 College Savings Plan
· Legal Insurance
· Pet Insurance
Salary Range
$54-$75k
The pay range for this job is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) job responsibilities, education, certifications, experience, as well as internal equity mapping and alignment with market data, or other applicable laws.
Veterans are encouraged to apply
PingWind, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms, and conditions of employment, or practices on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected by law.