Systems Administrator - Top Secret/SCI

Location: Bethesda, MD

Category: Systems Administrator

Travel Required: No

Remote Type: Hybrid

Clearance: Top Secret/SCI

Sunayu, LLC has an exciting opening for you as our next Tier 3 Service Desk/ Systems Administrator. Your job will be to bring together Linux (primarily) and Windows systems administration, systems maintenance, systems performance optimization along with user support services. You will work in a team environment while demonstrating strong cross-functional collaboration in areas such as, but not limited to, development, production, cybersecurity compliance, and QA in a dynamic and fast paced environment. Individuals in this role may be required to perform technical software configuration, rebooting, and other remedial actions on customer systems.   Work will be conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD during standard business hours, with rotational coverage of the service desk as early as 6am or as late as 6pm.

You will work closely with other infrastructure and network engineers, and system engineers on the following key tasks:

Clear devotion to the DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) mindset

Perform Linux and Windows builds, installs, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Linux and Windows servers to include base configuration, security and system patching, performance monitoring, etc.

Implement and enforce DISA STIG compliance across all systems and networks

Develop server builds for virtual and physical environments

Manage, maintain, configure, and deploy system integration tools such as Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm

Develop scripts to support patching, configuration, and other infrastructure team tasking using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell

Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure to include physical and virtualized environments

Utilize configuration management tools like Salt and Ansible for infrastructure automation and orchestration

Set up administrator and service accounts, maintain system documentation, tune system performance, install system-wide software, validate and implement system patches, including fast turnaround time security critical patches

Working knowledge of COTS and FOSS storage solution

Improve existing infrastructure to incorporate latest technology best practices and cross application integrations

Administer cloud environments, particularly AWS, including provisioning, monitoring, and optimization

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement and maintain agile practices and workflows

Provide support to customers in a professional, knowledgeable manner to maintain excellent customer relationships.

Manage and administer accounts to include account creation, password resets, troubleshooting, and termination/deletion.

Coordinate your work schedule with your ServiceDesk teammates to ensure the team offers coverage from 6am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

To be successful in this role you need these skills (required):

Bachelor’s Degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2+ years of prior relevant experience

At least 4+ years of relevant professional experience

Must have an active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance

Experience in system integrations testing through a full system development life cycle, including implementing test plans, test cases and test processes

Working in an Agile project management environment

Experience with security requirements derivation 

Experience documenting test results for corrective actions, reporting and audits

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work in a team and also a self-starter who can work on their own

Expertise in configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Linux (RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu)

Experience with Patching: yum repositories, APT repositories

Experience with Server builds: virtual and physical

Experience with Cloud Service Providers and cloud operations

You will wow us even more if you have some of these skills (preferred):

Experience with data engineering tools such as Kubernetes/Rancher, Cloudera

Experience with Configuration Management (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt) and IaC tools such as AWS Cloudformation

Experience with scripting languages such bash, python3 and power shell

Experience with CI/CD tools ArgoCD, Jenkins, Nexus, Docker/containerd, gitlab/github  

Experience with ELK clusters, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana and *beats

Experience with Windows Systems Administration and troubleshooting Active Directory

Experience establishing large computer end-point environments (> 1,000 end-points)  

Experience maintaining AI/ML environments (NVIDIA hardware and software)

Experience maintaining large data (Petabyte) environments and storage solutions

Experience working in an air-gapped/not-connected-to-the-internet environment

Who We Are 

Sunayu, LLC serves as a premier technology partner to the Defense and Intelligence communities, delivering mission-critical engineering solutions across the nation. Our operations are anchored in a commitment to trust, accountability, and ethical transparency, ensuring the high-performance outcomes necessary to protect our country's most vital interests. 

Culture

Our strength lies in our community: Our team prioritizes collaboration, professional growth, and encourages open communication. At Sunayu, we don't just secure the mission—we grow together.

Career Development

We support and encourage our team members to continue their professional growth by providing company-reimbursed training and continuing education of up to $5,000 per year. We also participate in many industry conferences and events where we share our expertise and experiences.

Pay Rate

Salary range considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits

3 Medical Plan Options

Dental and Vision 

FSA, DCFSA, HSA

Life/AD&D Insurance

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability 

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Training and Educational Assistance

Paid Time Off (PTO)

11 Federal holidays 

401k plan with up to a 6% match (100% immediate vesting) 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sunayu, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, marital status, genetic information, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.