Jr. Systems Administrator
Role Overview
Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities.
Offerings include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance
Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements.
Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.
Key Skills for This Role
Full Job Posting
Responsibilities
- Provide entry level systems administration for all clients, servers, and peripherals connected to the classified and unclassified PMRF networks.
- Deploy, configure, and maintain systems, including software installation, updates, upgrades, patching, and core services related to Linux or Windows workstations, servers, and applications.
- Implement DISA STIG secure configuration requirements to applicable workstations, servers and applications.
- Manage users and groups, including using a centralized directory for authentication.
- Configure local storage using partitions and logical volumes.
- Create and configure file systems and file system attributes, such as permissions, encryption, access control lists, and network file systems.
- Operate systems, including booting into different run levels, identifying processes, starting and stopping virtual machines, and controlling services.
- Support for application installation, licenses management, software tracking/distribution and backup/recovery of system configurations and user data files.
- Maintain up-to-date Configuration Control and adhere to all Configuration Management requirements for all firmware, software, and hardware associated with the classified and unclassified PMRF networks.
- Understand and use essential tools for handling files, directories, command-line environments, and documentation.
- Prepare and submit status reports, and technical briefs, as required, to supervisor, senior management, and customers.
- Use automated installation methods and system imaging (e.g., MECM, VMware)
- Usage of cryptographic log-on methods (e.g., PKI)
- Analysis, design, and implementation of modifications to the system software to improve system performance by correcting errors.
- Participation in planning new hardware acquisitions, interacting with vendors, educating customers, and communicating and collaborating with other projects within the organization.
- Using shell scripting to automate system maintenance tasks.
- Perform system asset/property accountability and license management within specifications of PMRF contract.
- Assist and support lab environment testing/buildouts with senior team members.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Additional Responsibilities
- Lifting, pushing, and pulling over 25 - 50 lbs.
- Work positions requirements: walking, standing, sitting, crawling, kneeling or cramped. Work requiring repeated stooping, or frequent climbing.
- Working environment activities: customer contact, extended workday, confined work area, office laboratory, field assignment, and inclement weather.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School or equivalent
- Two years’ experience in Information Technology.
- Advance certifications or education may be substituted for experience.
- Must be proficient in operating personal computers, computer software and standard office equipment.
- Must have basic keyboarding skills and aptitude for neatness and accuracy in sorting.
- Must be capable of working in a team environment and participate in technical and system administrative activities throughout project life cycles.
- Critical thinking - Proven problem solver
- Good written and oral communication skills are required including ability to organize.
- Knowledge of IT systems, including Windows Modern Desktop, RHEL, and infrastructure concepts – Windows Server and/or VMware certifications. Preferred
- Knowledge of Cyber Security Methods and Techniques. Preferred
- Certifications
- DOD 8570.1M IAT Level I required prior to start.
- One of the following OS Certifications required prior to start (subject to change based on industry, DoD or local policy requirements)
- Linux+ or Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104 exam)
- Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate (AZ-800 & AZ-801 exams)
- Security Clearance Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret US Government Clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance. Applicants selected either must currently possess a Top Secret clearance or will be subject to a US Government Security Investigation and must meet eligibility requirements to obtain clearance prior to commencement of employment and maintain a security clearance for access to classified information or Closed/Restricted Areas throughout duration of employment.
- Compensation Details:
- $75K - $90K
- The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.
- Benefits Overview:
- Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off and holidays
- Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
- Educational reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Tax-saving options
- Disability and life insurance
- Pet insurance
- Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.
- Original Posting:
- 10/20/2026 - Until Filled
- Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.
- Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.
- Security Clearance
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret US Government Clearance. Note: US Citizenship is required to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance. Applicants selected either must currently possess a Top Secret clearance or will be subject to a US Government Security Investigation and must meet eligibility requirements to obtain clearance prior to commencement of employment and maintain a security clearance for access to classified information or Closed/Restricted Areas throughout duration of employment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of IT systems, including Windows Modern Desktop, RHEL, and infrastructure concepts – Windows Server and/or VMware certifications. Preferred
- Knowledge of Cyber Security Methods and Techniques. Preferred
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