Ailani Wind Joint Venture is seeking a Junior Systems Administrator to support the operation and maintenance of on-premises systems serving NIPR, SIPR, SAP, and AFSCI missions. Working with senior administrators, this position performs day-to-day server, storage, virtualization, identity, monitoring, backup, and documentation activities. The administrator responds to incidents, completes approved maintenance, verifies backups and system health, and helps maintain recoverable, secure, and reliable mission environments.

Primary Responsibilities:

Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:

Perform routine administration and maintenance of Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers under approved procedures. Monitor server, storage, application, authentication, and virtualization dashboards and promptly report or resolve identified conditions. Provision and update virtual machines, accounts, groups, permissions, DHCP records, and other assigned services. Assist with SAN, NAS, cloud-storage, and capacity-management activities. Execute approved patches, configuration changes, software installations, and maintenance tasks and document completion. Monitor Commvault or comparable backup jobs, investigate failures, and support scheduled restoration testing. Troubleshoot assigned system, application, performance, and access incidents and escalate complex issues with complete technical notes. Support workload, application, and data migrations to approved cloud environments. Participate in backup/restoral, disaster recovery, business continuity, and continuity of operations exercises. Maintain inventories, system records, diagrams, checklists, standard operating procedures, and configuration documentation. Coordinate with senior administrators and network, cyber, application, and service desk personnel to sustain mission operations.

Required Qualifications:

Expert-level knowledge, as required by the PWS, of server operating systems, virtualization, enterprise backup/recovery, and business continuity concepts. Knowledge of Red Hat/Linux, Windows Server, VMware or comparable virtualization, and Commvault or comparable backup platforms. Knowledge of

NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP

800-209, and applicable DAF and

AFOSI COOP

requirements. Ability to follow technical procedures, troubleshoot systematically, document work accurately, and escalate issues appropriately. Ability to safeguard classified and sensitive systems and comply with configuration, change, and cybersecurity controls. Ability to work effectively under the direction of senior technical personnel in a classified Federal environment.

Required Clearance:

Active TS/SCI Certifications:

Cloud+ CE, Server+ CE, and/or Security+ CE, as applicable

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field. Equivalent specialized experience may be considered.

Required Experience:

Minimum of three (3) years of specialized Federal or DoW system administration experience involving server, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms.

Desired Qualifications:

RHCSA, Microsoft Windows Server, VMware, or Commvault certification. Hands-on experience supporting Active Directory, DHCP, SAN/NAS, virtual machines, and enterprise monitoring tools. Experience participating in recovery testing, COOP exercises, or cloud migrations. Experience supporting DAF or AFOSI systems and users. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status

Pay:

$75,000.00 - $84,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) 401(k) matching Dental insurance Employee assistance program Employee discount Flexible schedule Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Parental leave Referral program Retirement plan Tuition reimbursement Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person