Systems Administrator Location

US-CO-Colorado Springs ID

2025-9773

Category Systems Administrator

Position Type Regular Full-Time Salary Statement

Estimated Starting Salary Range: USD $100,050.00/Yr. - USD $166,750.00/Yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description

SRC is searching for a mid-level Windows System Administrator with experience in installation and configuration of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (e.g. Citrix) to support United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) systems. These systems will consist of an on-premises Nutanix Hyper-Converged Private Cloud utilizing VMware ESXi Hypervisor and associated products, with future migration to Nutanix's native Hypervisor. The Private Cloud hosts classified USSPACECOM Mission Systems and Web Services including several Program of Record (PoR) Systems and Information Technology (IT) infrastructure including Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers. Work will be conducted at the government's facilities in Colorado Springs, CO.

Operating, managing, and maintaining On-Prem VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) for the customer to include troubleshooting, break fix activities, the patching and remediation of servers, and system audit log reviews as necessary Performing actions as a Windows System Administrator on Servers and Client image Maintaining smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network, software, and system engineers, PC desktop technicians, project managers, end users, and customer and IT management Working across disciplines to isolate issues between software, firmware, and hardware, between software and operating systems, between networks and applications, and between one-time events and recurrent systemic problem Designing and documenting installation and configuration solutions Creating templates and machine images based on user requirements Maintaining and patching of the environment Providing Level 2/3 support for our internal staff Working remotely using USNORTHCOM Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to support COVID-19 safety protocols, On-Call (after hours) and Contingency Operations FILLING THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING #LI-LH1

Requirements

3 years minimum experience with Windows Server Management 3 years minimum experience with VMWare ESXI, vCenter, Horizon and Cloud Pod Architecture Experience IAVM DoD security implementation including STIG and security tools 2-year Degree (e.g. AAS in related IT fields) and Active DoD 8570 Level II Certification (e.g. Security+ CE, CCNA Security, etc.) TS/SCI Security Clearance

Desired Skills

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline preferred; will consider additional years of related experience in lieu of a degree 3-5 years of VDI build and administration experience preferably in a Department of Defense (DoD) or Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) environment Experience in ForcePoint High Speed Guard, Radiant Mercury, and/or other Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) Technologies 6 years of experience as a systems administrator/engineer in a medium to large Enterprise environment supporting a variety of operating systems VMware 7.0 installation, configuration, security hardening and administration as well as Horizon View 8 Citrix DaaS and VDI Installation, Configuration, security hardening and administration Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, Windows 11 installation, configuration and security hardening experience Experience hardening Windows 11, to include replicating the Standard Host Baseline (SHB) Process Active Directory Domain Services and Group Policy installation, configuration and administration Domain Name System (DNS) and BIND installation and configuration experience including DNSSEC Ability to run, build and execute Po erShell scripts for diagnostics, repairs or automation Secure Socket Layer (SSL) & Transport Layer Security (TLS) and other cipher suites and how to enforce them for workstations and servers Exceptional organizational, verbal and written skills Experience with Nutanix HyperVisor (AHV) and Enterprise Cloud Administration Must have experience with implementing Cyber-Security best practices Experience administering and implementing VDI Architecture in conjunction with Forcepoint Trusted Thin Client (TTC) Any Microsoft Windows or Linux certification

Clearance Information