AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
Responsibilities- Support a technology lab who dynamically implements technology to meet their outside customers uniquely defined evidence collection needs.
- Support a Department of Justice, FBI program, who designs, builds, and implements highly technical data collection systems.
- Support Microsoft Group Policy Management (GPM) Active Directory Domain Services setting up and maintaining Group Policy Objects (GPO) in this customer Active Directory (AD) environment.
- Perform Systems Administration and or Local Area Network support concentrating on Active Directory Management.
- Directly interface with customers on support needs.
- Design, install, and or maintain network components.
- Manage and or maintain user and network configurations.
- Create and or implement scripted management tools.
- Operates computer networks, identifies, and solves problems, and performs network restart/recovery.
- Recommends procurement, removals, and modifications to network and system components.
- Drive engagement with IT Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure secure development and deployment of solutions.
- Clearly communicates complex technical solutions with stakeholders.
- Active Top-Secret Clearance.
- High School Diploma (HS) and 8+ years, Associates Degree (AS) and 6+ years, Bachelors’ Degree (BS) and 2+ years or Masters’ Degree (MS) and 2+ years of relevant experience.
- PowerShell experience A PLUS.
- Skilled in Active Directory, DHCP/DNS, VMWare, and or Cisco IOS.
- Able to implement PowerShell, Ansible and or Microsoft scripting solutions.
- Ability to support up to 5% CONUS travel.
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret clearance
- High school diploma and 8+ years of relevant experience, or associate degree and 6+ years, or bachelor's degree and 2+ years, or master's degree and 2+ years
- Experience with Active Directory
- Experience with DHCP and DNS
- Experience with VMware and/or Cisco IOS
- Ability to implement PowerShell, Ansible, and/or Microsoft scripting solutions
- PowerShell experience
- Ability to support up to 5% CONUS travel
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
