Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a System Administrator (Journeyman) to support the MODES III program supporting Military Community and Family Policy (MC&FP). In this role, the selected candidate will provide day to day administration, configuration, and operational support for the program systems and cloud infrastructure (AWS GovCloud and on prem resources), ensuring availability, security, and continuity for application, database, and platform services. This position is remote and requires an activeTop Secretclearance.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Provide day to day administration, configuration, and operational support for MODES III systems and cloud infrastructure (AWS GovCloud and on prem resources), ensuring availability, security, and continuity for application, database, and platform services.
• Manage system provisioning and configuration: deploy and configure virtual servers, storage, networking, and platform components using approvedIaCtemplates and automation tools; enforce baseline hardening and STIG/SRG controls.
• Operate and monitor environments:maintainhealth checks, apply patches/updates,monitorlogs/metrics (CloudWatch/Splunk/ELK), respond to alerts, and escalate incidents to Tier 2/3 engineering per incident procedures.
• Support application deployments and releases: coordinate with DevOps/DevSecOps teams for build/promote activities,validatedeployment checklists, perform smoke tests, and execute runbook steps for routine and rollback actions.
• Maintain backup, recovery, and COOP readiness: run and verify backups,assistin automated recovery orchestration,participatein DR/COOP exercises, and update recovery runbooks and validation evidence.
• Implement access & account management: manage IAM/accounts, role assignments, service accounts, and access requestsin accordance withleast privilege and Government access policies; support account provisioning workflows.
• Perform routine system hardening & compliance tasks: apply security patches, implement configuration baselines, support vulnerability scanning, and help remediate findings (ACAS/NESSUS) in coordination with CCM and security teams.
• Maintain operational documentation and change records: update runbooks, standard operating procedures, CMDB entries, and program task tracking task updates; support change control and CCB submissions for system changes.
• Familiar with: Active Directory/Azure AD, Microsoft Entra ID, Group Policy, SCCM/WSUS, VMware vSphere/Nutanix, Hyper-V, Linux administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu), AWS Systems Manager, Terraform/Ansible, IAM/KMS, DNS/DHCP, LDAP, Network (BGP/OSPF/VLAN/SDWAN), SAN/NAS, Backup/DR (Veeam/N2WS), Splunk/ELK, STIG/SCAP/ACAS, PKI/CAC management, automation scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash).

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• ActiveTop Secretclearancerequired.
• Experience / Education: 5 years relevant experience with BS/BA degree or 3 years with MS/MA or 1 year with PhD or 9 years w/o degree or 7 years with AS/AA
• Certifications: This role requires a demonstration of capability within the Cyberspace IT workforce. Successful applicants must satisfy Foundational Qualification standards via an approved industry certification (e.g., A+ or Network+) or documented equivalent military/educational training as defined in the DoD 8140 Qualification Matrix.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty) or equivalent cloud certifications.
• Familiarity with NIST RMF, ATO processes, and DoD security compliance frameworks.
• Experience with Windows Server and Linux administration in cloud-hosted environments.
• CompTIA Security+

Worklocation: Remote with the ability to travel to the NCR when required

Target Salary Range$66,000 - $106,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individuals experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.