Systems Administrator - Senior (Winchester, VA)
Location: Chantilly, VA
Department: 60004433 - AFS DevSecOps
The work:
We are seeking a skilled Systems Administrator with a strong background in security compliance, configuration auditing, and system hardening. The ideal candidate has experience designing, documenting, and maintaining system configurations, technical processes, and operational standards. You will have experience leading or supporting large‑scale deployments, migrations, or modernization initiatives, as well as hands‑on expertise managing AWS resources such as EC2, VPC, IAM, and S3. You should bring knowledge of virtualization platforms, cloud technologies, or hybrid environments, along with familiarity in automation and scripting tools used for configuration management or system orchestration. Experience working in ITIL‑aligned environments, supporting process improvement initiatives, and participating in security assessments, compliance audits, or authority‑to‑operate activities is also highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead installation, configuration, and maintenance of servers, workstations, web servers, and enterprise systems.
- Manage complex system upgrades, patching cycles, and performance tuning to ensure high availability and stability.
- Oversee backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
- Conduct advanced audits and ensure compliance with security, configuration, and policy standards.
- Evaluate, recommend, and implement enterprise hardware/software solutions and process improvements.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex issues and provide guidance to junior administrators and support teams.
- Maintain accurate technical documentation, system configuration records, and standard operating procedures.
- Collaborate with IT security, networking, and application teams to support integrated infrastructure operations.
- Identify opportunities for automation, modernization, and process optimization.
Here's what you need:
- 8+ years of professional hands on experience administering and supporting enterprise operating systems (Windows, Linux, or both).
- Proven experience leading system upgrades, patching cycles, and major infrastructure changes in a production environment.
- Demonstrated expertise in performance monitoring, advanced troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for complex system issues.
- Experience managing and optimizing enterprise backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Strong collaboration experience with network, cybersecurity, and application development teams.
- Experience with containerization technologies: EKS with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Top Secret Clearance required.
- Onsite in Winchester, VA.
Preferred Certification:
- Current SAFe Agile Software Engineer (ASE) Certification.
- Prior responsibility for serving as an escalation point or technical lead for system administration teams.
- Experience working in enterprises, government, or other regulated environments strongly preferred.
#clearancejobs
As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
There are more than 50,000 engineering jobs:
Subscribe to membership and unlock all jobs
Engineering Jobs
60,000+ jobs from 4,500+ well-funded companies
Updated Daily
New jobs are added every day as companies post them
Refined Search
Use filters like skill, location, etc to narrow results
Become a member
🥳🥳🥳 452 happy customers and counting...
Overall, over 80% of customers chose to renew their subscriptions after the initial sign-up.
To try it out
For active job seekers
For those who are passive looking
Cancel anytime
Frequently Asked Questions
- We prioritize job seekers as our customers, unlike bigger job sites, by charging a small fee to provide them with curated access to the best companies and up-to-date jobs. This focus allows us to deliver a more personalized and effective job search experience.
- We've got over 200,000 jobs from 15,000+ vetted companies. No fake or sleazy jobs here!
- We aggregate jobs from 15,000+ companies' career pages, so you can be sure that you're getting the most up-to-date and relevant jobs.
- We're the only job board *for* software engineers, *by* software engineers… in case you needed a reminder! We add thousands of new jobs daily and offer powerful search filters just for you. 🛠️
- Every single hour! We add 2,000-3,000 new jobs daily, so you'll always have fresh opportunities. 🚀
- Typically, job searches take 3-6 months. EchoJobs helps you spend more time applying and less time hunting. 🎯
- Check daily! We're always updating with new jobs. Set up job alerts for even quicker access. 📅
What Fellow Engineers Say
