Systems Administrator

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Requisition #: 1894 Job Title: Systems Administrator (Linux & Windows) Location: On-Site, Fort Huachuca, AZ Clearance Level: Secret, Must Have Clearance to Start

JOB SUMMARY

Seeking a versatile and mission-driven Systems Administrator (Linux & Windows) with dedicated experience as a Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM / SCCM) administrator. In this role, you will maintain, configure, and secure a heterogeneous enterprise hosting and laboratory testing environment comprising Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), modern Microsoft Windows Server (2019/2022), and Windows 10/11 endpoints.

You will be responsible for end-to-end endpoint life cycle management, centralized patch orchestration, operating system deployments, system hardening, and continuous cyber-compliance. Working closely with cybersecurity leads and infrastructure engineers, you will ensure high system availability, rapid vulnerability remediation, and rigorous adherence to defense cybersecurity frameworks.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Endpoint Lifecycle Management & MECM/SCCM Administration

• Serve as the primary administrator for Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM / SCCM), managing infrastructure health, site systems, distribution points, and client agent health across all connected enclaves.
• Engineer, test, deploy, and maintain standardized Windows Operating System Deployment (OSD) task sequences and baseline golden images.
• Package, test, distribute, and automate application installations, scripts, and software updates across heterogeneous lab and hosting workstations and servers.
• Manage and orchestrate enterprise-wide software update distribution using Software Update Points (SUP) integrated with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
• Create and deploy custom compliance baselines and configuration items (CIs) to enforce security settings, STIG configurations, registry keys, and audit controls.
• Develop custom MECM queries, device collections, and reports (SSRS) to provide real-time hardware/software inventory, asset discovery, and compliance auditing.