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M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

System Administrator 3

System AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCharleston, SC, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree and 5 or more years of progressive experience, or an associate's degree and 8 or more years of progressive experience, or a high school diploma or equivalent and 10 or more years of progressive experience.
  • System administrator experience triaging and resolving system problems, analyzing system data to prevent problems, implementing new workstations, and implementing system extensions.
  • At least 5 years of experience programming or administering Physical Access Control Systems.
  • Previous experience effectively managing small teams.
  • Understanding of Windows patching and vulnerability remediation.
  • Advanced knowledge of Windows Active Directory hierarchy and implementation.
  • Basic knowledge of large-scale networking, VLANs, and routing.
  • Reliable attendance at the customer site during required work hours.
  • Ability to work flexible shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
  • At least one of the following certifications: Security+, CASP, or CISSP.
  • Background working with multidisciplinary teams.
  • Time-management and organizational skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint.
  • U.S. citizenship and eligibility for access to classified information; an active Top Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage physical security system support to meet service-level agreements.
  • Configure and manage Windows operating systems and install or load operating-system software.
  • Set up desktop hardware and operating systems, load imaging software, and update antivirus software.
  • Analyze security-system infrastructure performance and recommend improvements.
  • Troubleshoot, maintain the integrity of, and configure components, and implement operating-system enhancements to improve reliability and performance.
  • Provide detailed analysis and feedback to agency management and internal customers regarding escalated tickets.
  • Perform IAVA updates and patching to ensure compliance with Information Assurance standards.
  • Apply Security Technical Implementation Guides to Windows-based server and workstation operating systems.
  • Implement and maintain enterprise Windows Active Directory architectures.
  • Perform daily operations, including Active Directory management and monitoring and reviewing system logs.
  • Configure and maintain virtual hypervisors, including VMware and Hypervisor.
  • Deploy, configure, and maintain Virtual Desktop Infrastructure platforms, including Citrix XenDesktop.
  • Install, configure, and maintain third-party applications.
  • Install, configure, and maintain highly available SQL database engines.
  • Deploy and maintain storage platforms similar to Dell EqualLogic and Dell PowerVault.
  • Analyze requirements for future deployments and recommend the IT infrastructure, including hardware and software, needed to fulfill them.
  • Perform root-cause analysis on significant issues across all support tiers.
  • Perform preventive maintenance, including system backups, error-log reviews, database-size analysis, and integrity checks.
  • Develop system and application implementation plans, including testing procedures, and ensure operational reliability.
  • Stay current with technological developments and recommend ways to use new and emerging technology.
  • Create technical documentation, such as standard operating procedures and as-built documentation, for technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Train system users and other system-support personnel as needed.
  • Perform duties with minimal direct supervision.
  • Provide onsite support at a single work location in the Washington, D.C., area.

Desired Qualifications

  • Proficiency with ACAS and HBSS and their mitigation strategies.
  • Experience assessing, mitigating, and closing network vulnerabilities and managing vulnerabilities in eMASS.
  • Experience applying STIGs to servers, databases, applications, and other hardware, and using Security Readiness Review tools such as scripts and ACAS.
  • Understanding of the Department of Defense Risk Management Framework lifecycle and implementation of NIST 800-53 controls.
  • Awareness of NIST Special Publication 800-82, Guide to Industrial Control Systems Security, and UFC 4-010-06, Unified Facilities Criteria Cybersecurity of Facility.

About the Company

M.C. Dean

Designs and deploys secure mission-critical infrastructure

M.C. Dean designs, builds, operates, and maintains integrated cyber-physical systems for mission-critical facilities, secure environments, and large enterprises. Its work spans electrical power, security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio-visual, and IT systems, all coordinated through management platforms that support long-term operation and sustainability. The company works end-to-end: it engineers solutions, installs them, and then runs and maintains them to ensure continuous, secure, and resilient performance. What sets it apart is its ability to provide comprehensive, turnkey technology and infrastructure services for critical environments—combining physical systems with digital management to create secure, automated facilities. The goal is to deliver automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems and the platforms needed to manage them over the long term.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Tysons, VA
Founded
1949

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