Systems Administrator

Contingent Type

LL Standard

Job Code

Site

Lexington (Wood St|Forbes|etc. facilities) (LEX-GEN)

Location

Lexington (Wood St|Forbes|etc. facilities) (LEX-GEN)

Work Location

Lexington

MA

USA

02421

Business Unit

Advanced Undersea Systems and Technology (03-37)

Category

Systems Administration / IT Operations

Labor Type

Technical

Positions Requested

1

Respond by Date

09/22/2026 12:00 AM Canada/Eastern

Travel Time

5.000 %

Time Sheet Type

Standard

Time Sheet Frequency

Weekly

Hours per Day

8

Hours per Week

40

Total Hours

6,240.00

Estimated Additional Spend

0.000 %

Estimated Expenses

0.000 %

Flat Adjustments

0.00

Description

Maintains operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination of infrastructure and cloud responsibilities. Develops and designs core operating system builds. Responsible for coding, virtualization, and automation of systems. Sets up administrator and service accounts, maintains an active directory of users and system documentation, tunes system performance, installs system-wide software, and allocates mass storage space. Assesses and resolves user access problems related to security controls to minimize business impact and risk exposure. Identifies and evaluates vendor products and establishes vendor monitoring and tracking processes. Performs capacity planning and monitors/tunes systems. Recommends appropriate platforms for purchase, coordinates installation, and provides backup recovery. Serves as a point of escalation for major incidents that are unresolved at the helpdesk level. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. May draft general IT communications to end-users including notifications of outages/downtimes. May serve as the primary liaison for mergers, acquisitions, and divesture activities as it relates to user access, network, security, and support.

Enable Skills-Based Hiring

No

Qualification

Assessment

Must Have

Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree

Yes

Software

VMWare

5 years

Systems

Configure and Manage Centralized Logging and Audit Capabilities

5 years

Enterprise Backup Solutions

5 years

Hardware

Intel/AMD, Cisco, Sun/Oracle, Dell, Apple, EMC, NetApp

5 years

Macintosh and iOS platform(s)

5 years

MS Active Directory, LDAP

5 years

RedHat Linux 8/9

5 years

Redhat Linux Systems Administration

5 years

SCCM, and Active Directory

5 years

Strong Backup Experience and Proven Ability to Protect Mission Critical Data

5 years

Systems Administration

5 years

Technologies including DNS, DHCP, Proxy and Load Balancing

5 years

Ubuntu Systems Administration experience

5 years

UNIX platform, OSX, Cisco IOS

5 years

Virtualization Technologies (VMware, including ESXi and VCenter configuration)

5 years

Virtualization Technologies to include VM management, Snapshots, SANs and iSCSI Storage Systems

5 years

VM Ware ESXi and Associated Management Systems

5 years

Windows Patch Management

5 years

Windows Server Administration (SCI classified environment)

5 years

Windows Server Platform

5 years

Background/Need

The Advanced Undersea Systems and Technology Group develops innovative undersea and undersea-enabled capabilities for transition to operational systems of the US Navy and other Department of Defense (DoD) sponsors. Focus areas include acoustic and non-acoustic sensors, undersea networks, autonomous systems, and advanced signal processing algorithms. The group performs rigorous systems analyses, develops system architectures, and builds prototypes to demonstrate the viability and effectiveness of new concepts, capabilities, and processing techniques. In addition, the group provides undersea domain and technology expertise to inform and motivate novel cross-domain concept development.

Virtual/Work from Home

Hybrid

Other information relevant to the job requirement?

Group is seeking a Systems Administrator - below are the responsibilities:

-Administer GNU/Linux desktop/server environments, including Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Centos distributions

-Administer virtualized networks using VMware and other virtualization technologies Administer Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop environments, including Win 7 and OS X

-Support installation, maintenance, repair and upgrade of computer and network equipment

-Review and test new hardware and software applications, and make recommendations for purchases

-Design and implement shell scripts and other tools to automate processes and provide needed capabilities to technical staff

-Contribute to projects to improve aspects of the computing and network infrastructure: data storage, backups and recovery, network bandwidth and throughput, application installation and management

-Support design and implement configuration management and monitoring of systems and networks

-Collaborate with other personnel within the organization to enhance technology and support practices

-Maintain regular contact with MIT LL IT and security resources and to rapidly

reconfigure systems to report and remediate performance and security issues.

Required

-Operating Systems

UNIX/Linux, Windows, OSX, VMware, Cisco IOS.

-Hardware

Intel/AMD, Cisco, Sun/Oracle, Dell, Apple, EMC, NetApp.

-Software/applications

SAP, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook), MS Active Directory, LDAP, Java, Javascript, SQL, BMC Footprints, VMware, SCCM 2012, SCOM 2012, EMC Networker,

Solarwinds.

-Networking applications and protocols

TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, DHCP, SSH, FTP and HTTP/S.

-Programming Languages

Perl, Python, Shell Scripting, Powershell.

-System auditing, hardening and firewall configurations.

-Candidate must be able to demonstrate a proven track record with all of these abilities to be considered:

Experience installing and deploying VMware ESXi in a clustered environment.

Experience installing and managing virtual machines with vCenter Server.

Experience with automated installation and management systems for Linux, ie Kickstart and Satellite

Experience installing and managing network services such as DNS, DHCP, NFS, SSH, SAMBA

Experience installing and configuring firewalls, routers and switches Experience managing databases

Ability to understand and modify moderately complex shell scripts using redirection, pipes, variables, loops, and conditional statements

Self-motivated, and able to demonstrate an attitude of ownership and a desire to learn

Effective customer service skills, communication skills, and a positive attitude

Effective written and verbal communication is essential

Attention to detail, comprehensive problem and troubleshooting solving skills

Ability to work well under pressure and within time constraints

Ability to multi-task and prioritize work

Ability to work with experienced and junior systems administrators in a collaborative and rapid pace environment

Desired

Experience with risk management framework (RMF) strongly desired

Other

Work location

Hybrid — Individual works from home or off-site for a portion of their schedule and within a routinely commutable distance from the Lexington facility. Candidate should expect to be onsite 4 days a week with 1 day remote. *Candidates must be flexible to come onsite as needed.

Interview process

Zoom interview with hiring manager.

Travel

Estimated at 5% only - domestic.

Clearance

Candidates must possess an active secret clearance to be considered for this position.

Level of Effort

Full-Time Basis

Will this position materially impact the conduct or direction of a research program(s)?

No

What level of clearance is required?

Secret