The Senior Systems Administrator leads the design, implementation, and maintenance of IT infrastructure, ensuring security and scalability. Responsibilities include system upgrades, technical support, mentoring staff, and managing enterprise IT environments.
Location: Multiple Locations
Required Clearance: Top Secret
Certifications : DoD 8140 certifications
Required Education: HS/GED
Required Experience: 7–10+ years of experience in system administration, with advanced experience in enterprise environments.
Position Description:
PingWind is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Sr. Systems Administrator is responsible for leading the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of an organization’s IT infrastructure. This role ensures the reliability, security, and scalability of systems and networks while providing advanced technical support and mentoring to junior staff. The Senior System Administrator collaborates with IT leadership and cross-functional teams to plan and execute system upgrades, cloud integrations, and enterprise-level projects.
Responsibilities:
Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:
• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise IT systems, including servers, storage, virtualization, and network infrastructure.
• Ensure system performance, availability, and security across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Plan and execute system upgrades, migrations, and consolidations.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity, proactively addressing issues.
• Develop and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes.
• Implement and enforce security policies, patch management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Provide expert-level support for complex technical issues across systems, networks, and applications.
• Guide and mentor junior administrators and IT support staff.
• Serve as escalation point for critical incidents and outages
• Advanced expertise in Windows Server, Linux/Unix, and hybrid IT environments.
• Knowledge of networking, firewalls, storage solutions, and virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud migration strategies.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform).
• Strong understanding of security principles, identity/access management, and compliance standards.
Required Qualifications
• DoD 8140 Certification
Desired Qualifications
• Bachelors Degree
About PingWind
PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cyber security, development, IT infrastructure, supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is a VA CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA HUBZone Certified with offices in Washington DC and Northern Virginia. www.PingWind.com
Our benefits include:
• Paid Federal Holidays
• Robust Health & Dental Insurance Options
• 401k with matching
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Continuing education assistance
• Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• through Sun Life Financial EAP Guidance Resources
Veterans are encouraged to apply
PingWind, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms and conditions of employment, or practices on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected by law
Top Skills
Ansible
AWS
Azure
Bash
GCP
Hyper-V
Linux/Unix
Powershell
Python
Terraform
VMware
Windows Server
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