Job Description 

Job Title: Systems Administrator, Sr. 
Location: Remote U.S. 
Supporting: The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) ** Active Top-Secret Security Clearance** 

Overview 

CompTech is seeking a qualified, cleared Senior Systems Administrator to support mission-critical cloud and infrastructure environments for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). This role provides hands-on technical leadership to ensure the secure, stable, and reliable operation of enterprise systems that enable DLA’s global logistics and sustainment mission. The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for planning, engineering, installing, configuring, operating, maintaining, and optimizing on-premises and cloud-based systems, platforms, and network connectivity, while ensuring high availability, performance, and continuity of operations in compliance with DoD cybersecurity policies, RMF requirements, and contractual obligations. For the cleared professional, this role provides meaningful mission impact, ownership of critical systems, and the opportunity to work in a secure, high-trust environment supporting national defense.

Work Scope

Key responsibilities include:  

• Organize and direct the configuration, operation, and maintenance of information management systems. 

• Analyze and resolve end-user software, application, and connectivity issues. 

• Conduct capacity and performance analysis and recommend system configuration changes and upgrades. 

• Improve system administrator efficiency and accuracy using automated tools and scripts. 

• Develop system administration procedures and deliver system administrator training and skills assessments. 

• Provide end-user training and technical guidance. 

• Recommend technology directions and solutions to align IT capabilities with business objectives and vision. 

• Delivers local and remote maintenance support for operational systems across multiple locations, including system maintenance, upgrades, and new server and application installations. 

• Lead and direct the work of system administrators, ensuring effective day-to-day system administration, resource optimization, and user support. 

• Apply advanced technical expertise in application networking, including load balancing and fault-tolerant architectures. 

• Perform vulnerability management to identify, assess, and mitigate security risks. 

Experience, Certification & Clearance Requirements:

Experience:

• Three (3) years hands-on experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) IT hosting solutions.  

• Ten (10) years of specialized experience. Specialized experience is defined as progressively responsible experience in the field of Information Processing, with the majority of experience focused across multiple specialized Information Processing disciplines involving a range of hardware and software solutions. At least four (4) years must include hands-on experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting a variety of software systems.

• Extensive experience with commercial cloud hosting platforms, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and associated industry technologies. 

Certification / Educational Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline 

Certifications:

There are three (3) required certifications total. One (1) of the IAT - Level II certifications listed below, one (1) of the Google certifications listed below, and one (1) of the AWS, Microsoft, Oracle or Red Hat certifications listed below.

1.) IA-Level: DoD 8140/8570–compliant IAT-Level II certification: including one or more of the following:

CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, or GCIH.

2.)  One of the following:

• Google Associate Cloud Engineer
• Google Professional Cloud Architect

3.) One of the following:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations
• Red Hat Certified Engineer

Security Clearance Requirements:  

• Secret ** Must hold ACTIVE Top-Secret Security Clearance to be considered for this role** 

Salary: 

• $110,000 - $120,000, Benefits, 401k+matching

Job Description

Job Title:       Virtual Platform Administrator
Location:       Remote, U.S.
Supporting:  The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) **Active Top-Secret Security Clearance**

Overview

CompTech is seeking a qualified, cleared Virtual Platform Administrator. As a Virtual Platform Administrator supporting the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), you will play a critical role in maintaining and optimizing secure, mission-essential virtual infrastructure that directly supports the DoD’s global logistics and sustainment mission. This position offers hands-on responsibility for enterprise-scale virtualization platforms operating in highly controlled, security-sensitive environments.

You will work closely with infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operations teams to ensure systems remain available, resilient, and compliant with DoD cybersecurity requirements. This role is ideal for cleared professionals seeking long-term program stability, meaningful mission impact, and the opportunity to support systems that are essential to national defense.

Work Scope

The successful candidate will manage and maintain virtualized infrastructure across on-premises data centers and DoD and commercial cloud environments, including private, public, and hybrid cloud architectures. This role is responsible for the implementation, configuration, and upgrade of host systems, hypervisors, and virtual application software, along with supporting hardware, software, and applications. Role also provides comprehensive cloud infrastructure support for virtual machines, virtual appliances, and associated programs and applications while ensuring the high availability, security, and integrity of virtual hosts, management platforms, and infrastructure resources.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage and maintain virtualized infrastructure across on-premises data centers and DoD and commercial cloud environments, including private, public, and hybrid clouds
• Implement, configure, and upgrade host systems, hypervisors, and virtual application software, along with supporting hardware, software, and applications.
• Provide cloud-based infrastructure support for virtual machines, virtual appliances, software, programs, applications, and all associated virtualized components.
• Ensure the high availability, security, and integrity of hosts, virtual management platforms, and infrastructure resources.
• Monitor hypervisors, infrastructure, and virtualization applications by configuring alerts, reviewing error logs, and automating administrative tasks to maintain system stability.
• Install and maintain host and virtualization infrastructure patches and releases across development, test, pre-production, and production environments.
• Serve as a key technical resource for troubleshooting and resolving issues related to hosts, hypervisors, and virtual infrastructure.
• Create, maintain, and update accurate system documentation for assigned environments, including configuration details and change tracking.
• Assists with capacity planning, performance monitoring, and tuning of virtualized systems to ensure optimal operation.
• Participate in virtualization disaster recovery and fault-tolerance planning, including the development and support of disaster recovery strategies.
• Analyze performance trends to identify opportunities for optimization and improved system and application performance.

Experience, Certification & Clearance Requirements:

Experience:

• Seven (7) years of progressive experience in the management and maintenance of virtualized server environments and hosted applications, including at least two (2) years of qualifying experience must include managing successful large scale, multi-disciplinary (network, virtualization, systems administration) projects involving virtual servers, and five (5) years’ hands-on experience working with and supporting Department of Defense (DoD) Commercial Cloud Hosting solutions.
• Well versed in implementing and sustaining complex multicloud solutions

Certification Requirements: A total of three (3) certifications are required.

• IA-Level: IATII:  CCNA-Networking
• and one of the following:
  • Google Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
• and One of the following:
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator

Security Clearance Requirements:

• Top-Secret ** Must hold Active Top-Secret Security Clearance to be considered for this role**

Salary:

• $117,000 - $127,000, Benefits, 401k+matching

Job Description

Job Title:       Cloud IT Support Specialist
Location:       Remote
Supporting:  The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) ** Must hold Active Top Secret Security Clearance**

Overview

CompTech is seeking a qualified, cleared, Critical Cloud & Infrastructure IT Support Specialist to support mission-critical cloud and infrastructure environments. This role is responsible for the planning, coordination, and delivery of IT support services, including system installation, configuration, troubleshooting, user assistance, and training, while ensuring high levels of system availability, performance, and security. The specialist supports operations in compliance with DoD cybersecurity policies, FedRAMP, and the Risk Management Framework (RMF), responds to incidents and service requests, and collaborates with engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams to ensure secure, reliable, and compliant service delivery.

Qualified candidates will have:

 Six (6) years of progressive experience in the field of Information Processing including hands – on experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) IT hosting solutions. Years of experience should encompass:

• Three (3) of which are specialized in Information Processing and involve a range of hardware/software solutions.
• Two (2) of which are concentrated, hands-on experience in installing, diagnosing problems, and training customers in the use of software and hardware.

Key responsibilities include:

• Diagnosing, analyzing and resolving technical issues in response to customer-reported incidents and service requests, ensuring timely resolution in accordance with established service levels.
• Performing planning and analysis of IT support workflows and operational processes to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and service quality.
• Researching, analyzing, and reporting on incident trends, recurring issues, and system performance patterns to support root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Developing and maintaining problem tracking databases and knowledge repositories to support incident management, reporting, and operational transparency.
• Creating technical documentation and training materials and conducting computing and information systems training sessions for end users and support staff.
• Installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining hardware, software, and peripheral devices in support of enterprise and mission-critical systems.
• Performing system backup, restoration, and recovery operations to ensure data integrity, system availability, and continuity of operations.
• Consulting with users and stakeholders to identify system requirements, operational needs, and functional gaps, providing recommendations for solutions.
• Conducting feasibility studies, alternatives analyses, and trade-off assessments to support technical decision-making and system enhancements.
• Preparing business cases, technical justifications, and supporting documentation for proposed system improvements or investments.
• Ensuring strict adherence to DoD and DLA information security and cybersecurity policies, including the application of security controls, risk management principles, and continuous monitoring practices.
• Supporting compliance with RMF, NIST, and applicable DoD cybersecurity standards, ensuring systems are operated and maintained in a secure and authorized state.

Certification and Clearance Requirements:

Required Certifications – A combination totaling at least three (3), one (1) from each listed below: 

• IA Level: IAT-II: One (1) of the following:
  • CCNA Security
  • CySA+
  • GICSP
  • GSEC
  • Security+ CE
  • CND
  • SSCP
  • CASP+ CE
  • CCNP Security
  • CISA
  • CISSP (or Associate)
  • GCED
  • GCIH
• and one of the following:
  • Google Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Google Professional Cloud Architect
• and One of the following:
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Operations
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer

Security Clearance Requirements:

• Secret ** Must have ACTIVE Top Secret Security Clearance to be considered for this role**

Salary: 

• $75k - $85k Benefits + 401k + matching