Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies Inc., is seeking a Cybersecurity/Systems Administrator to support the administration, maintenance, security, and reliability of enterprise IT systems and network infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have experience with Windows and Linux system administration, security patch management, STIG implementation, vulnerability remediation, system imaging, and configuration management. The position will support day-to-day IT operations while ensuring systems are properly configured, patched, hardened, documented, and maintained in accordance with established security requirements and configuration standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux operating systems, servers, workstations, and supporting infrastructure.
- Apply operating system, application, firmware, and security patches in accordance with established maintenance schedules and security requirements.
- Test, deploy, and validate patches and software updates while minimizing operational disruptions and maintaining system availability.
- Implement and maintain DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), security baselines, and system hardening requirements across applicable operating systems, applications, and infrastructure.
- Conduct STIG assessments, review compliance scan results, identify configuration deficiencies, and implement corrective actions to achieve and maintain compliance.
- Perform vulnerability scanning, analyze findings, prioritize remediation activities, and track vulnerabilities through resolution and verification.
- Maintain and update system images as software versions, security patches, configuration baselines, and operational requirements change.
- Validate system images before deployment to ensure functionality, security compliance, and consistency with approved configurations.
- Support automated system configuration, image deployment, patch management, and compliance validation where applicable.
- Implement and maintain access controls, authentication mechanisms, privileged access management, and other cybersecurity controls.
- Collaborate with IT, cybersecurity, engineering, and operations personnel to resolve technical issues and maintain secure, reliable, and compliant systems.
Required Qualifications:
- US Citizenship.
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred, or an Associate Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Over 10 years related systems administration experience.
- Experience in systems administration, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
- Working knowledge of Windows and/or Linux system administration.
- Familiarity with STIGs, security baselines, system hardening, and technical security compliance requirements.
- Experience with system imaging, operating system deployment, standardized builds, or system provisioning.
- Familiarity with vulnerability scanning, remediation workflows, and security configuration validation.
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, and switching.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience implementing and validating DISA STIG requirements for Windows, Linux, network devices, or enterprise applications.
- Experience developing and maintaining standardized system images and automated deployment processes.
- Experience identifying configuration drift and maintaining compliance with approved system baselines.
- Experience working in government, defense, or other regulated environments.
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to support scheduled maintenance windows and operational requirements as needed.
- Ability to follow established change management and configuration control processes.
- Ability to document system changes, image revisions, patch deployments, and security remediation activities accurately.
- Ability to obtain and maintain any required security clearance.
Schedule: M-F; 8-5
Work Location: Customer- site
Travel: Yes, 0-10%
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: Yes
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Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify.
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Skills Required
- US citizenship
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, or an associate degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Over 10 years of related systems administration experience
- Experience in systems administration, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, or a related technical field
- Working knowledge of Windows and/or Linux system administration
- Familiarity with STIGs, security baselines, system hardening, and technical security compliance requirements
- Experience with system imaging, operating system deployment, standardized builds, or system provisioning
- Familiarity with vulnerability scanning, remediation workflows, and security configuration validation
- Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, and switching
- Experience implementing and validating DISA STIG requirements
- Experience developing and maintaining standardized system images and automated deployment processes
- Experience identifying configuration drift and maintaining compliance with approved system baselines
- Experience working in government, defense, or other regulated environments
- Ability to support scheduled maintenance windows and operational requirements
- Ability to follow change management and configuration control processes
- Ability to document system changes, image revisions, patch deployments, and security remediation activities accurately
- Ability to obtain and maintain any required security clearance
What We Do
Founded in October 2002, Torch is a 100% employee-owned business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and helps ensure our customers experience a stable work force. Our outstanding fringe benefits package helps recruit, retain and sustain our workforce. Torch has received national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. In 2021, Torch was named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the sixth year by Great Place to Work. Torch was also recognized as the 2021 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association for a second time. Torch was a recipient of the 2021 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the DCSA. Bloomberg Government also listed Torch in its annual “Top 200” for the fifth year. In 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Parents, and Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2020. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its “Top 100” Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Torch was also selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal “Best in Business” award. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award for the fifth time. In 2016, Torch was named one of America’s Best Small Companies by Forbes.






