Systems Engineer (Windows & RHEL)

About the role

Booz Allen is looking for a skilled systems engineer with experience supporting enterprise desktop and server environments. The role maintains and troubleshoots enterprise IT infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, security and availability, drawing on experience with Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers, Active Directory, VMware, Group Policy and Windows endpoints. It offers exposure to enterprise Windows and RHEL administration, VMware virtualization, Active Directory, enterprise endpoint management and secure classified IT operations.

Key responsibilities

• Troubleshoot user issues and administer Windows servers and workstations
• Manage Active Directory and Group Policy, and deploy system updates
• Support virtualization technologies and keep systems secure and compliant
• Maintain and improve enterprise Windows infrastructure, including OS-level troubleshooting of service failures, performance issues and hardware or virtualization interactions
• Perform regular Linux server patching, apply security updates and remediate findings from compliance or security scans

Required profile

• Experience administering and troubleshooting RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 in enterprise or classified environments, including hardening, SELinux, firewall management, logging and secure configuration baselines
• Experience administering Windows Server 2019 and 2022, including Active Directory and Group Policy
• Experience with server rooms or data centers and OS-level troubleshooting on Linux and Windows
• Ability to support system deployment, hardening and maintenance in classified networks
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph; applicants are subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for classified information
• HS diploma or GED
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification such as Security+ CE

Required skills

• Ansible Automation Platform or Ansible playbooks
• Nice to have: VMware vSphere 8, Splunk, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO)
• Nice to have: PowerShell, Bash or Python scripting
• Certifications such as RHCSA/RHCE, VCP-DCV, Microsoft Windows Server or Azure administrator, CompTIA Network+, Linux+, CCNA

What we offer

• Projected annual salary of $86,800 to $198,000 depending on experience and contract terms
• Health, life, disability, financial and retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and work-life programs (full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week regularly)
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance