Job Requirements
Arlington, VA
Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$110,000 - $150,000
Job Description
US Citizenship is Required. Ability to qualify for a US Department of Defense security clearance required. Candidate must be SAP program eligible.
This position is in-person in our Arlington, VA office.
Toyon Research Corporation is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our IT team, supporting a small, collaborative group responsible for the health, security, and availability of our systems. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role. The ideal candidate will be comfortable wearing multiple hats, troubleshooting a wide range of issues, and engaging directly with internal customers with a service-oriented mindset. The role carries responsibility for remediating security findings and vulnerabilities, maintaining systems, and ensuring uptime across servers, storage, and endpoints, and requires a candidate committed to continuous learning through formal training and self-teaching.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Preferred Qualifications
This position is in-person in our Arlington, VA office.
Toyon Research Corporation is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our IT team, supporting a small, collaborative group responsible for the health, security, and availability of our systems. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role. The ideal candidate will be comfortable wearing multiple hats, troubleshooting a wide range of issues, and engaging directly with internal customers with a service-oriented mindset. The role carries responsibility for remediating security findings and vulnerabilities, maintaining systems, and ensuring uptime across servers, storage, and endpoints, and requires a candidate committed to continuous learning through formal training and self-teaching.
Responsibilities
- Remediate security findings and vulnerabilities across the environment
- Perform system maintenance and troubleshoot servers, storage, and endpoints
- Monitor systems and maintain availability/uptime
- Build and configure Windows and Linux virtual machines for various purposes
- Apply operating system security hardening techniques (Windows, Linux), including STIGs and other industry standards
- Support day-to-day IT customer service needs across the organization
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in computer science or related field
- 2+ years of experience with both Windows and Linux systems
- IAT Level II certification required (Security+ CE at minimum)
- Experience with virtualization technologies and hypervisors (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V)
- Understanding of basic networking concepts (DNS, network segmentation, basic routing)
- Experience with Windows 11, Windows Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy Management
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its derivatives/offshoots
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable in a customer-facing capacity
- Willingness and ability to work collaboratively on a small team, covering a broad range of responsibilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell) for automating security tasks
- Familiarity with Ansible
- Familiarity with backend storage appliances and storage management (NAS products)
- Familiarity with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Zero/Thin client architecture
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