USAF - Sr. System Administrator - cFocus Software Incorporated
Systems Engineer
We're looking for a Systems Engineer focused on designing and building scalable technical solutions. This senior role requires 9+ years of relevant experience.
About the role
Active TS/SCI SSBI clearance
B.S. Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
10+ years of Systems Administrator experience
Advanced experience administering and engineering enterprise Windows and Linux systems in a high-availability, mission-critical environment.
Demonstrated experience with Active Directory engineering, service-account configuration, identity and access dependencies, and privileged administrative operations.
Experience with enterprise virtualization, infrastructure capacity planning, performance analysis, system monitoring, and root cause engineering; Nutanix experience is strongly aligned to the PWS.
Hands-on experience with configuration management, system baselines, change control, patch engineering, vulnerability remediation, and deployment validation.
Experience validating patches, updates, system modifications, and enhancements in controlled development/test environments before production release.
Experience with backup, recovery, resilience, COOP, disaster recovery, and emergency corrective maintenance for mission-essential systems.
Ability to provide senior/Level III support involving advanced diagnostics, log analysis, debugging, fault isolation, and sustainable corrective action.
Working knowledge of RMF, Assessment and Authorization, security control implementation, continuous monitoring, and DoD/Air Force cybersecurity compliance.
Ability to collaborate across infrastructure, database, middleware, application, cybersecurity, and program-management teams and communicate technical findings to Government stakeholders.
Ability to work primarily at Ellsworth AFB during the PWS duty-hour window and support rare work at Wright-Patterson AFB or a contractor facility when required.
Active DoD 8570 IAT Level II & DoD 8140 System Administrator 451-Intermediate certifications required
Perform senior-level Windows and Linux systems administration for FMWF infrastructure and associated mission environments.
Engineer, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Active Directory, service accounts, authentication dependencies, permissions, and related enterprise services.
Perform infrastructure performance analysis, capacity planning, root cause engineering, and enterprise virtualization engineering in Nutanix environments.
Monitor system health and availability; analyze performance degradation and implement sustainable corrective engineering actions.
Manage configuration baselines and technical baseline control for infrastructure components, development assets, system settings, and administrative documentation.
Engineer, test, validate, and deploy enterprise patches, updates, and security directives, including IAVAs, TCNOs, and NOTAMs, within prescribed timelines.