- Salary
- $88k – $155k
- Location
- USA CO Boulder (6304 Spine Road), United States of America
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Operations
- Clearance
- Required
- Source
- Workday
Description
At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.
Job Description:
Parsons is looking for a sharp Tier 1 Systems Administrator to join our growing team!
If you are in the early stages of your IT career and want an environment that will foster technical growth and exposure to new technologies in a collaborative team culture we have an exciting opportunity for you located in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. The TAP Lab is the U.S. Space Force’s premier Remote Sensing Application Development Laboratory, with an extensive computer architecture; network infrastructure; and physical facilities that provide a complete computing environment, at multiple levels of data classification (https://boulderlab.org/).
What You’ll Be Doing:
Provide systems, hardware, application, and storage administration support in a primarily Red Hat/ESXi environment.
Work Shift: Monday – Friday onsite
Monitor system for anomalies or issues requiring attention or escalation.
Perform initial troubleshooting of system issues.
Facilitate vendor onboarding, account creation, password resets, and software updates.
Provide IT and Audio-Visual support for classified and unclassified lab events, demonstrations, meetings, and symposiums.
Responsible for the maintenance, configuration, and reliable operation of computer systems, and virtualized hardware and software.
Implement technical hardware and software solutions to meet system requirements.
Assist the Security team with generating, reviewing, and analyzing cyber reports.
Assist with equipment installation, verification, and check-out.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring:
Active Top Secret DoD Security Clearance with ability to obtain and/or maintain an SCI
2+ years of relevant experience
Current Security+ Certification or equivalent DoDD 8140 451-Intermediate Matrix Qualification
Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the Microsoft Windows operating systems administration.
Familiarization with the administration and troubleshooting of virtualized and bare metal compute concepts. (Virtual Machines, Containers, Other).
Familiarization with Windows Active Directory domains and Windows server administration or Red Hat Identity Manager (IdM).
Familiarization with VMware vSphere/ESXi.
Familiarization with managing package installations in a Linux environment.
Understanding of network fundamentals (IP, Ethernet).
Experience with virtualized operating system concepts and administration.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
Two or Four year Degree in Computer Science or a related program preferred.
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Certification (MCSA)
Experience with KVMoIP or VDI systems.
Experience with working with a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tool to monitor system alerts (Elastic preferred).
Working knowledge of automation tools (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Python, Bash scripting, Other)
Working knowledge of complete hardware stack: rack, power, compute (CPU and GPU), storage (NAS, SAN, Scale-out, and Object), network (switches, routers, load balancers, and firewalls), workstation, and display.
Intermediate knowledge of RHEL administration (RHEL 6 and above).
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
