US Citizenship is Required. Ability to qualify for a US Department of Defense security clearance required. Candidate must be SAP program eligible.

This position is in-person in our Arlington, VA office.

Toyon Research Corporation is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our IT team, supporting a small, collaborative group responsible for the health, security, and availability of our systems. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role. The ideal candidate will be comfortable wearing multiple hats, troubleshooting a wide range of issues, and engaging directly with internal customers with a service-oriented mindset. The role carries responsibility for remediating security findings and vulnerabilities, maintaining systems, and ensuring uptime across servers, storage, and endpoints, and requires a candidate committed to continuous learning through formal training and self-teaching.

Responsibilities

• Remediate security findings and vulnerabilities across the environment
• Perform system maintenance and troubleshoot servers, storage, and endpoints
• Monitor systems and maintain availability/uptime
• Build and configure Windows and Linux virtual machines for various purposes
• Apply operating system security hardening techniques (Windows, Linux), including STIGs and other industry standards
• Support day-to-day IT customer service needs across the organization

•  Associate’s degree in computer science or related field
• 2+ years of experience with both Windows and Linux systems
• IAT Level II certification required (Security+ CE at minimum)
• Experience with virtualization technologies and hypervisors (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V)
• Understanding of basic networking concepts (DNS, network segmentation, basic routing)
• Experience with Windows 11, Windows Server, Active Directory, and Group Policy Management
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its derivatives/offshoots
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable in a customer-facing capacity
• Willingness and ability to work collaboratively on a small team, covering a broad range of responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell) for automating security tasks
• Familiarity with Ansible
• Familiarity with backend storage appliances and storage management (NAS products)
• Familiarity with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Zero/Thin client architecture

The annual pay range for the Security Specialist is $110,000 to $150,000.

The posted pay range values provide the candidate with guidance on annual base compensation for the position, at a full time level of effort, exclusive of overtime, bonus, and benefits-related compensation, over a range of qualifications that may fit hiring objectives. Toyon Research Corporation will consider the individual candidate’s education, work experience, applicable knowledge, skills and training, among other factors, when preparing an offer of employment.

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