Tier 2 System Administrator

Peraton is seeking a Systems Administrator to support NASA’s Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract. This position is located at the NASA White Sands Complex (WSC) in Las Cruces, NM.   

Peraton is the prime contractor for NASA at the White Sands Complex (WSC) near Las Cruces, New Mexico. Operating here are two functionally identical satellite ground terminals: The White Sands Ground Terminal, and the Second TDRSS Ground Terminal. These ground terminals ensure uninterrupted communications between various ground stations, NASA’s orbiting fleet of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), customer spacecraft (satellites), and the computer systems that support such spacecraft. WSC serves as an interface for distributing satellite data to control centers and scientists who then use the daily influx of data to expand our ever-growing knowledge of the Earth and the universe. 

This position will be responsible for:

• Install, integrate patch, and maintain various system servers and workstations such as, but not limited, Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2012 R2 and later, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and later.
• Provide systems engineering technical support across the SENSE organization, technical working groups, peer reviews, technical interchange meetings, and periodic status coordination meetings.
• Troubleshoot system anomalies and discrepancies that have been elevated for resolution.
• Capture system installations and modifications within change management documentation and/or ticketing system.
• Track, create and/or implement remediation solutions for vulnerability and compliance findings reported by the IT Security team.
• Perform system backup and recovery actions for assigned systems.
• Plan and develop system upgrade strategies for End of Life or End of Support systems.

Required Experience:  

• Education/Experience - degree required in engineering, computer science, information technology or other related technical discipline and directly related experience Information Security and/or IT infrastructure as follows: BS/BA degree and 3 years’ experience, or AS/AA and 6 years’ experience. In lieu of degree, 8+ years of directly related experience is allowable.
• 3+ years of experience performing administration of Red Hat Linux systems, or similar OS.
• Advance knowledge of Windows Active Directory and Group Policy.
• Experience with virtual machines and management of hypervisors: ESXi and/or Hyper-V
• 3+ years of experience performing administration of Microsoft Windows Systems.
• 3+ years of experience working with cyber (IT) security concepts.
• Ability to generate scripts or automation tool jobs for repetitive tasks.
• Experience implementing or maintaining local WSUS and/or Linux Repositories servers.
• Security clearance - this position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance and to maintain the clearance thereafter.
• You must be a US Citizen and show proof of citizenship.
• Must be able to maintain ability to access government worksite.

Desired Experience:

• Active SECRET security clearance.
• Prior NASA experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience managing smartcard login on Windows or Linux systems.
• Strong understanding of SSL/TLS certification management and implementation.
• Familiarity with HP-UX, Solaris, or OpenVMS OS’s a plus.
• Experience with automation tools such as Chef, Ansible, PDQ, or BigFix.
• Familiarity with Tenable Nessus tools.