Senior System Administrator

Job Description

NetImpact Strategies, Inc. is seeking to hire a Senior System Administrator to support a Federal Healthcare Agency. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing and securing enterprise IT infrastructure, ensuring system performance, and supporting compliance with federal IT security standards.

This role is located 100% onsite in Falls Church, Virginia.

An active Secret Clearance is required for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, sustain, and troubleshoot server operating systems and infrastructure, ensuring security, integrity, and availability through maintenance, backups, performance monitoring, and documentation, while supporting upgrades and evaluations.
• Manage LAN/WAN connectivity, ensure secure IT circuits, and support quality of service (QoS) for Video over IP (VoIP), streaming, and other prioritized Government traffic.
• Provide on-site support for performance monitoring, issue response, and daily IT management tasks. Maintain documentation, assist with network security, implement IT projects, and support IPv6 transition.
• Align with agency continuity of operations (COOP), manage disaster recovery actions, conduct periodic testing, and maintain contingency plans. Ensure emergency communication, personnel accountability, and continuity of essential IT services.
• Perform routine software/hardware upgrades, patches, and preventive services per agency policies, documenting changes and scheduling outside operational hours. Notify users 24 hours before impact.
• Respond to outages, degradations, and security threats. Provide on-call support, execute emergency plans, notify users, submit SITREPs, and join after-action reviews.
• Provide IT support, troubleshoot servers, ensure security, monitor performance, maintain documentation, manage patches, and support virtual machines.
• Perform data backups, restorations, and replication, ensure security compliance, document processes, and test backup reliability.
• Design, upgrade, and integrate systems, support key applications, implement security, troubleshoot issues, and test patches before deployment.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications and Certifications

• Experience: Six (6) years of progressive experience demonstrating the required proficiency.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalency.
• Active Secret Clearance investigation required.
• Ability to work 100% onsite at the designated client location.
• IAT II Certification as per DoD 8570.01-M guidelines, (CompTIA Security CE, Cisco CCNA Security, GIAC GSEC)
• CE: Professional level certification.

Preferred Qualifications and Certifications

• Advanced certifications such as Microsoft MCSE, VMware VCP-DCV, Citrix CCP-V, or AWS Professional-Level Certifications.
• Previous experience supporting federal IT environments and working within DoD compliance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of networking, virtualization, cloud services, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) tools and automation.
• Previous Federal Consulting Experience.

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About Us

Perks of working at NetImpact Strategies 

• Your health comes first – we offer comprehensive medical, dental, & vision insurance that starts the first of the month after you join the team 

• Invest in your future – 401(k) Plan – Immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required 

• Work hard, play hard – we offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, one (1) additional day of paid wellness leave per calendar year, and observe ten (10) federal holidays 

• Pawsitively pawesome – Pet Insurance (because our little critters are part of our families, too!) 

• Invest in your education – Tuition reimbursement, internal training programs, & company-sponsored industry certifications! 

• Be part of a dynamic and collaborative work environment recently ranked by The Washington Post as a Top Work Place in 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, & 2024! 

• Have fun and celebrate and give back – Team building activities, community volunteering, quarterly HQ days, wellness events, happy hours, family fun events, and more!  

ABOUT US 

NetImpact Strategies Inc. (NetImpact) has been a Trusted Advisor driving impact through digital transformation for the Federal Government for over a decade. We solve complex problems with innovation and agility to create meaningful, transformative, and enduring change. As Trusted Advisors, NetImpact professionals partner with customer agencies to deliver solutions that empower them to not only meet their missions but also realize their strategic vision through agile, outcome-focused solutions addressing both strategic and tactical requirements. We design and implement comprehensive, tailored solutions that are both mindful of the client's culture and organizational dynamics. NetImpact’s core values and commitment to a customer and results-oriented delivery approach has propelled our growth and enabled us to deliver impactful value across Strategic Consulting, Process Automation, Cloud, DevSecOps, Data and Analytics, and Cyber Security for the Federal Government. 

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE 

NetImpact Strategies is committed to complying with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended (“ADA”), and applicable state and local laws. It is NetImpact’s policy not to discriminate against any qualified person or applicant with regard to any terms or conditions of employment on the basis of such individual’s disability. Consistent with this policy of non-discrimination, NetImpact will provide reasonable accommodations to an individual with a disability, as defined in the ADA or applicable law, who has made NetImpact aware of his/her disability, unless doing so would cause undue hardship to NetImpact. If you are an applicant and need reasonable accommodation when applying for job opportunities within NetImpact, or request reasonable accommodation to utilize NetImpact’s online employment application, please contact careers@netimpactstrategies.com. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 

NetImpact is committed to the development of a creative, diverse, and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at NetImpact will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. NetImpact does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local laws (referred to as "protected status").