Barnett Engineering & Signaling Laboratories LLC (BESL), is a premier technical, operationally focused, ISO and CMMI certified Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business (SDVOSB) located throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Our mission: Forging customer success by providing unsurpassed, exceptional, innovative technical engineering solutions supporting our nation's defense through superior space, ISR, and cybersecurity engineering services.

Position Name: System Administrator (Senior Level)
Location (City/State/Zip Code): Colorado Springs, CO
Security clearance Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to achieve and maintain a DOD Security clearance.

BESL is seeking a qualified, senior level System Administrator with expanded duties in Colorado Springs, CO. If you have experience supporting DOD customers and have a working knowledge of RMF and cybersecurity requirements to include experience using scanning tools - submit your application today!

The experienced, qualified candidate will be responsible for the internal or customer administration, maintenance, and management of capacity resources for computers at the operating system and infrastructure level. Will work within a professional, dynamic team to closely interface with product line and information and lend assistance to the Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to create a backup plan to support disaster recovery and audit file retention. Shall build, configure, troubleshoot, and integrate new and existing servers to provide service enhancements, application deployments and infrastructure upgrades. Additionally, will create administrator and service accounts, maintain system documents, tune system performance, install system-wide software and allocate mass storage space. Shall lend key assistance by recommending software and hardware enhancements, diagnose, and correct issues, define and implement new services with the goal of achieving maximum server uptime and availability for customers.

Position requires the following:

• Experience with Linux/Unix/Microsoft environment
• Minimum 2 years of experience with Linux/Unix/Microsoft environment
• Minimum 2 years of experience with application administration
• Experience is conducting analysis on Microsoft and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems (7/8)
• Familiar with Kickstart, Ansible, Chef, Bash build automation tools - Bash scripting
• Familiar with Windows PowerShell scripting
• Experience in server and workstation troubleshooting; specifying new/replacement system hardware for environment
• Familiarity with mixed Linux and Windows system administration in a SCIF environment; system security awareness, procedures, data handling, system configuration, cybersecurity (STIGS, scans, logfile import/export, account management)
• Experience with Linux network configurations (NIC)
• Experience with virtualization (KVM or VMWare hypervisor)
• Experience managing system services
• Experience with LDAP/Active Directory (IPA)
• Experience with SEIM Tools (Splunk)
• Familiarity with Firewall/ACL concepts and concepts of TCP/IP ports
• Familiarity with Docker (containerization) or some container orchestration experience like Kubernetes
• Red Hat certification or completion within 6 months of employment
• DOD 8570.01M IAT 2 Certification
  • CCNA Security, CySA+**, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, or SSCP
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to achieve and maintain a DOD Security clearance.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), DevSecOps, build management and automated test frameworks
• Experience with system security requirements
• Familiar with the Agile software development lifecycle
• Experience with server hardware configurations (SmartArray, RAID)
• Experience with DevOps tools; JIRA/Confluence
• Experience with hardware/software requirement verification and system validation
• Experience with supporting DoD/government customers
• Ability to work and grow in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment
• Demonstrated self-starter, efficient in achieving goals and proactive in pursuing subsequent tasks

BESL complies with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary range for this particular effort in Colorado is approximately $70,000 - 110,000. NOTE: the salary range provided is not guarantee of compensation or, salary. Salary /compensation may vary based on a variety of factors such as, (but not limited to) experience, geographic location, schedule, and/or travel requirements.

BESL provides a highly competitive benefits portfolio with many employer-provided options. As an award winning, technical, inclusive employer, we offer a full suite of health and disability insurance, 401k (with fantastic company match), educational/tuition assistance, generous paid time off, paid holidays, and much more. Specific programs and options available may vary due to schedule type or, date of hire.
Clearance Requirement: Must be able to achieve and maintain a DOD Security clearance.
Security Clearance: Many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance and require U.S. citizenship. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that BESL may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
Travel: Some travel may be required (CONUS and OCONUS), Must be able to achieve and maintain a U.S. Passport.

EEO: Barnett Engineering & Signaling Laboratories LLC (BESL) is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, age, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits and termination of employment. All employment practices and activities are conducted on a non-discriminatory basis.
BESL provides key solutions in Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Support, Test and Evaluation, Acquisition Planning, Modeling and Simulation, Training, and Operational Concept Development in multiple mission areas encompassing Offensive and Defensive Space Control, Cyber Information and Operations, and Intelligence Community Support.

Specialties include: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Electronic and Communications Signal Intelligence, Cyber Information and Operations, Offensive and Defensive Space Control.

We support: U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), National Security Agency (NSA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the US Intelligence Community (IC).

Benefits: BESL provides a Comprehensive suite of Benefits with Fantastic 401k & HIGH Company Match! Many Employer Provided Benefits including Generous Paid Leave - Holiday, Sick, Free Administrative Days, Educational programs, Tuition Assistance, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD and More! Apply today!