Principal Systems Administrator
Requisition ID: R10039725
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Category: Information Technology
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Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Citizenship Required: United States Citizenship
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Clearance Type: Top Secret
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Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
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Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
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Travel Required: Yes, 75% of the Time
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Positions Available: 1
Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is looking for you to join our team as a Systems Administrator/Principal Systems Administrator based out of Albuquerque, NM.
Responsibilities/Duties:
Work in an agile based team consisting of systems administrators, systems engineers, hardware engineers, and software engineers
Builds large, integrated hardware systems from bare metal including racking, cabling, powering, initializing systems
Supports the integration and test of hardware and software subsystems
Recommends and implements system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system; including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.
Updates Windows WSUS servers for monthly patching and virus scanning
Creates and maintains administrator and user accounts through Windows Domain Controller
Creates and maintains system documentation
Performs tuning system performance,
Installs system wide software and allocates mass storage space
Performs backups and recovery as required
Basic Qualifications:
Systems Administrator: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college, with 3 years of related experience in systems administration; 1 year with a Master’s degree; 7 years of related experience in lieu of a degree
Principal Systems Administrator: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college, with 6 years of related experience in systems administration; 4 years with a Master’s degree; 2 years with a PhD; 10 years of related experience in lieu of a degree
Experienced Linux System Administration for Red Hat/CentO with Red Hat Certified    System Administrator or no less than 3 years’ experience
Windows Systems admin experience
Demonstrated understanding of and experience with virtualization technologies, including VMware within a virtualized environment.
Good communication skills
Must be a US citizen with an active TS/SCI Â clearance (required to start)
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with satellite ground station hardware system administration
Experience with docker containers
Experience with ansible or other configuration management tools
Experience with cloud providers or hypervisor experience
Security+ certification
The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
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What's great about
Northrop Grumman
- Be part of a culture that thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work.
- Use your skills to build and deliver innovative tech solutions that protect the world and shape a better future.
- Enjoy benefits like work-life balance, education assistance and paid time off.
Did you know?
Northrop Grumman leads the industry team for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most complex and powerful space telescope ever built. Launched in December 2021, the telescope incorporates innovative design, advanced technology, and groundbreaking engineering, and will fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe.
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