AMERICAN SYSTEMS is looking for a qualified Windows Systems Administrator ready to join a Team working for a DoD Agency based in Mechanicsburg, PA. Support includes full responsibility for managing, administering, sustaining, and securing all infrastructure required for development, testing, and production; certifying success of future production enhancements. Included in managing the infrastructure, is the timely notification to customers and end-users of Planned Maintenance and Outage Events
Responsibilities- Production and Development direct support to the Cloud and On-premise Windows infrastructures
- Reviews, evaluates, and fine-tunes system performance to achieve peak efficiency and reliability for Mission Systems/Applications.
- Monitors the environment to ensure adequate resources (hardware, software, and through-put) are available to meet customer requirements.
- Coordinates problem resolution with customers, teammates, and vendors.
- Evaluates new and existing system software/hardware and recommends changes to improve efficiency and functionality.
- Provides management with status of projects, problem resolution, and/or other system administration statuses that require upward and outward communication.
- Implement, monitor, and maintain Cybersecurity compliance by completing vulnerability mitigations, working with the Cybersecurity team
- DoD Secret Clearance
- Comptia Security+
- High School diploma
- A minimum of four years’ experience as a Windows Administrator (configuring, managing, and maintaining Cloud and On-Premise Windows systems).
Skills Required
- DoD Secret Clearance
- CompTIA Security+ certification
- High school diploma
- At least four years of experience as a Windows Administrator configuring, managing, and maintaining cloud and on-premises Windows systems
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.
