MIT Lincoln Laboratory · 5 hours ago
Systems Administrator
Lexington, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$78K/yr - $102K/yr
2+ years expMIT Lincoln Laboratory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center focused on National Security. They are seeking an IT Systems Administrator to join the Security Applications & Systems Team, responsible for application support, IT security, disaster recovery, and system analysis.
BiotechnologyInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Application & User Support: This position will be the first line of response for all application issues and will oversee user account management
IT Security: This position will be the lead for the team’s IT Security related matters, which include performing vulnerability assessments and remediation, patching, along with managing and maintaining data security plans (DSP)
Disaster Recovery: This position will be the lead for the team’s Disaster Recovery process, including performing backups and restores, utilization of enterprise monitoring, and log review
Communication: This position will work with key Laboratory resources as well as external vendors to maintain communications related to problem resolution, system upgrades, services, and product research. Additionally, the individual will be responsible for creating and maintaining all technical documentation
Infrastructure: This position will assist the Senior Systems Administrator will all matters related to IT Infrastructure
Systems Analysis: This position will back up the Systems Analysts with SQL and reporting tasks
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Computer Science or Information Technology, or relevant experience
Minimum of two years' experience working in an Information Technology environment
Excellent customer service skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience administering operating systems such as Windows and Linux
Fundamental knowledge of networking concepts such as routing, switching, TCP/IP protocol
Exposure to SQL and database management systems
Demonstrate the ability to learn new technologies and disciplines quickly
Security+ certification or ability to obtain one within 6 months of employment
Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret level DoD security clearance
Occasional off-hour/on-call support is necessary. A certain degree of flexibility of schedule is required as some work (planned/unplanned) must be done outside of major production hours during pre-scheduled maintenance windows
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
MIT-funded pension
Matching 401K
Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
Mentorship programs
A range of work-life balance options
... and much more!
Company
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center chartered to apply advanced technology to problems of national security.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.25MKey Investors
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
2023-12-20Grant· $0.25M
Leadership Team
Israel Soibelman
Chief Strategy Officer
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