System Administrator

System AdministratorThe 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 across key law enforcement systems? We’re looking for a system administrator to help us deploy and sustain next-generation capabilities. As a System Administrator on our project, you’ll work with development teams on integration pipelines, conduct regression testing, and deploy new capabilities. You’ll provide your customers with insight into their network through monitoring and performance management. Your system administrator expertise will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network. You’ll help your team better understand the network by turning metrics into information and explaining their meaning. This is an opportunity to broaden your skill set into areas like containerization, virtualization, and scaling. We focus on growing as a team, so you’ll share your expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies. As a system administrator leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to modernize the network so your clients achieve their goals.Work with us and resolve daily challenges as we improve capabilities at scale. Join us. The world can’t wait.You Have: 10+ years of experience administering Linux, Windows, and Mac OS systems in enterprise or secure environments Experience with system installation, configuration, patching, backups, and performance tuning Experience conducting hardware or software audits, maintaining configuration baselines, and enforcing SOPs Experience supporting secure, multi‑enclave or air‑gapped systems such as Unclassified, Secret, Top Secret, or TS/SCI environmentsAbility to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues across distributed networksTop Secret clearanceBachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in technical management or program management, Master’s degree and 5+ years of experience in technical management or program management, or 12+ years of experience in technical management or program management in lieu of a degree Nice If You Have: Experience with Docker or Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, or Infrastructure‑as‑Code, including Terraform or Ansible Experience with advanced networking, including multi‑tier tunneling, complex routing, VPNs, and Cisco or AristaExperience with virtualization or hyper‑converged platforms, including VMWare ESXi/vCenter, Proxmox, or NutanixKnowledge of monitoring and security tools such as Splunk, Nessus, OpenSearch, or SIEM workflows Knowledge of large storage platforms, including QNAP, Synology, TrueNAS, and NetApp, and file protocols such as NFS, SFTP, and Samba Knowledge of identity and access services such as AD, LDAP or OpenLDAP, Keycloak, FreeIPA, or SSSD/HBACClearance:Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.  CompensationAt Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.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 $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (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. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.Identity StatementAs part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.Candidate AI Usage PolicyAI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided. Work ModelOur people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.Commitment to Non-DiscriminationAll 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.SummaryLocation: Chantilly, VAType: Full time