Expert System Administrator (Virtual Infrastructure & Cluster Ma with Security Clearance

Title: Expert System Administrator (Virtual Infrastructure & Cluster Management) Location: College Park, MD Compensation Range: $220 - $240K *Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply * Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense. Benefits Overview: Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services * Summary: The System Administrator shall maintain existing customer network resources located XX miles from NSAW. Responsible for supporting servers, current hardware, storage, virtual infrastructures with VMs, new hardware, and resources. Responsible for day-to-day operations, creating/deleting VMs, security updates, troubleshooting, resolving issues, managing tickets (Jira). Familiar with automation tools and building of workflows. Responsible for keeping networks up-to-date utilizing industry best practices and be able to advise on system and network designs, mission architectures, and simplify and streamline network maintenance tasks. Qualifications: Fifteen (15) years' experience as a SA, in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. Required Skills: * Experience with multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, Unix) * Experience with Ubuntu * Familiar with System and Network security policies and able to implement policies * Maintain and administer systems and networks (monitoring, patching, troubleshooting) * Maintaining and deploying VMs. Able to build VMs. * Assist in annual inventory activities * Experience with Ansible * Create and maintain system and network documentation * Experience with Jira and Confluence * Responsive to users * Able to set up enclaves * Experience with system hardware * Experience with NetBox * Managing SLURM * Cluster management experience * DevOp experience Desired Skills: * STE/STN * Demonstrates follow through on policies and tasking * Update Jira tickets, resolve issues, and close tickets