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Systems Administrator



Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator to support a NG DoD program. The Systems Administrator will be a member of the Engineering & Sciences (E&S) Eastern Region homeroom. Our team is chartered with providing the skills and innovative technologies to design, develop, produce and sustain product lines while providing a decisive advantage to our customer's missions. This position will be located in Herndon, VA with some travel to the Pentagon.

Roles & Responsibilities:




* Perform system and software installation, upgrades and patching


* Develop scripts to automate common administrative tasks


* Analyze and make recommendations on cloud service usage and cost reduction


* Monitor system health


* Collect performance metrics


* Participate in capacity planning.


* Troubleshoot performance issues utilizing root-cause analysis


* Perform backup and recover operations


* Maintain system documentation


* Tune system performance


* Monitor and manage mass storage space


* Manage server and software configurations


* Setup administrator and service accounts




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Basic Qualifications:

* BS Degree in Computer Science or related STEM degree and a minimum of 5 years related experience.

* Must have a minimum DoD Secret security clearance with SSBI

* Security+ certification or equivalent for DoD 8570 compliance

* Experience administering Operating Systems (Linux RedHat, Windows Server 2012 or higher)

* Experience with management of Active Directory

* Experience with PowerShell

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience managing cloud systems and deployments (Lambda, CloudFormation)

* Experience with scripting to include PERL, Python and Java

* Knowledge of PKI Certificate based authentication / Single Sign-On.

* Knowledge of DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STiG) and Cyber Security.

* Knowledge Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, DNS and databases (Oracle RDBMS, SQL Server, Postgress, RedShift)



Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.





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