Systems Administrator - Praxis Engineering

Praxis Engineering creates exciting and novel mission solutions in cyber related technologies and products. At the heart of Praxis Engineering are talented and motivated engineering teams empowered to create cutting edge technologies and systems to solve difficult problems for a wide variety of cyber mission operations. We are looking for talented engineers who want to achieve the kind of game-changing leap forward that our customers need across a spectrum of cyber capabilities.

What you will need

The Contractor Team shall have the following required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience:

• Demonstrated experience programming in Smalltalk, Python, and Objective-C.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience with SQL databases.
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency with version control systems, such as Git.
• Demonstrated experience with systems architecture and design, to include project plans, costs, and schedules.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience presenting management with system architecture and design choices, including risk management assessments and recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience managing systems utilizing Mac Open Directory.
• Demonstrated experience managing and deploying Mac OS 10+ and Windows based workstations.
• Demonstrated understanding of databases, servers, and other system infrastructure, including network switches, routers, workstations, and standalone systems.
• Demonstrated experience working with large userbases, responding to troubleshooting tickets, access control, and responding to other end-user requests.
• Demonstrated experience surveying sites and identifying network and system issues.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting network, server, and stand-alone Apple and Windows based workstation hardware as well as compatibility of applications between Operating system manufacturers and across OS versions.
• Demonstrated experience applying quality assurance and configuration management best practices.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating new hardware or software to provide recommendations for procurement.
• Demonstrated experience recommending process changes to improve efficiency.
• Demonstrated experience ensuring component compatibility.
• Demonstrated experience with system security accreditation.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience or working knowledge of applying policies and procedures relating to design, upgrade, and operating and maintenance of networks.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and troubleshooting network latency, access, and security issues.
• Demonstrated experience with installation and removal of network hardware and infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience managing license servers used by Adobe and Microsoft Office products, across multi-user networks.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience with systems integration.

Desired Skills

• Skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not required to perform the work include:
• Demonstrated experience providing technical consultations to Sponsor.
• Demonstrated experience with security accreditation practices and procedures and conducting assessments of existing Sponsor stand-alone networks.
• Demonstrated experience setting up and managing Windows Active Directory environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing and monitoring the performance of cloud applications.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and implementing cloud solutions, services, and concepts of cloud architectures.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience with Sponsor security and accreditation systems.
• Demonstrated experience programming in Java and C++.
• Demonstrated experience programming Android and iOS compatible applications.
• Demonstrated experience developing multi-user GUI base applications and databases for Mac OS environments.
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience with network design and configuration.

Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role

Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.

Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems. 

With over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.  

*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.

Why Praxis? 
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don’t do things because “that’s the way we’ve always done things”; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace.   We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer’s mission.  We've been profitable year after year.  We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do.   We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best.  No red tape. No micromanagement.  Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.

And then there is the...

Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!
• Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
• Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
• 401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.
• Annual bonus plan
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!)

• We reward longevity! On your 5th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!
• On your 10th work anniversary – you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!
• At any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$!

• Carryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice!
• Student loan repayment Assistance – COMINGSOON!
• Training is a priority! Take advantage of our endless in-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.

• Conferences (recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
• Training & Certifications: Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!
• Praxis University: Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.

• We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you're at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day.

Praxis Engineering provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other protected class.