Enterprise Systems Administrator

Enterprise Systems Administrator

The Opportunity:

Your combination of people skills and system administrator expertise makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology supporting the United States Marine Corps? We’re looking for a system administrator who will work to support a Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO), be responsible for ensuring system availability, and conduct system administration, installation, troubleshooting, and configuration support for Enterprise Network defense sensors and scanners used to conduct cybersecurity services provider (CSSP) functions throughout the Enterprise Network.

As a system administrator on our project, you’ll work with sensors, including network intrusion prevention or detection systems, network taps, and associated central management systems for technical CSSP functions, as well as other critical DCO missions. You will be part of a contract team supporting the Marine Corps, including applying your expertise on vital security information tools and event management skills as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission critical network and ensuring the security posture is maintained. You’ll provide your client insight into their network through monitoring and performance management.  

We focus on growing as a team, so you’ll share your expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies. As a system administrator leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to modernize the network, so your clients achieve their goals. Work with us and resolve daily challenges as we improve warfighter effectiveness.

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have: 

• 7+ years of experience in systems administration
• Knowledge of Linux and Linux Commands, SQL and KQL or structured query languages, Confluent or Kafka navigation, and SSL or TLS for data encryption
• Knowledge of Java, including primary Kafka client library, Python for data pipelines and scripting, and Go or Node.js for building lightweight streaming apps
• Knowledge of data governance and schema management with Avro and JSON schema for data serialization and managing schema evolution in Confluent's Schema Registry
• Knowledge of Kafka architecture, including brokers, topics, partitions, consumers, and producers, Kafka CLI tools for topic creation, data publishing, and message consumption, and configuring and maintaining health of Confluent, Kafka, data or ingest flows, and supporting architecture
• Ability to implement and monitor security measures for communication systems and networks, provide advice that systems and personnel adhere to established security standards and governmental requirements for security on these systems, and perform defensive cyber operation duties, including ensuring server compliancy with Marine Corps IAVM and Tenable Security Center
• Ability to develop and execute government-approved security policies, plans, and procedures, implement data network security measures, conduct IS security incident handling, support Continuity of Operations Plan or Disaster Recovery (COOP/DR) plans, perform certification of IS and networks, and maintain monitoring procedures of hosts or systems
• Ability to teach, coach, and mentor and build effective communications, perform weekly vulnerability audits, submit Plans of Action and Milestone (POA&M), and assist with patching for all DCO Division systems to maintain compliance with operational directives
• Secret clearance
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, CS, or Information Systems

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with the Marine Corps Enterprise Network
• Ability to brief senior government leadership
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification
• DoD 8570 CSSP Infrastructure Support Certification

Clearance:   

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.  

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assi