Senior Systems Administrator
BAE Systems · San Diego, CA · Engineering & Technology
senior
operations
IT Engineer
ic
5-7 yrs
· Posted May 1, 2026
$97,008 – $164,914
USD per year
Skills
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a senior-level IT Engineer in the operations function based in San Diego, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, TypeScript, Splunk, VMware and roughly 5–7 years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $97,008–$164,914 per year.
- Role
- IT Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Work mode
- On-site
- Experience
- 5–7 years
- Visa
- Not sponsored
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 1, 2026
AI Summary
Senior IT systems administrator supporting classified lab environments in San Diego. Builds, configures, and manages Windows/Linux systems, virtual machines, and workgroup networks while ensuring RMF compliance. Requires TS/SCI clearance, CompTIA Security+, 5-7 years experience, and hands-on expertise with Active Directory, VMware vSphere, Nessus, and DoD security standards.
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description
We put our customers first – exemplified by our missions: “We Protect Those Who Protect Us®” and “We Innovate for Those Who Move the World.” Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.
Seeking an experienced IT systems administrator to support our San Diego, CA classified lab environments with expertise in setting up and managing Windows and Linux based systems and Virtual Machines. A successful candidate will be a well-rounded administrator joining a team supporting internal customers, designing, implementing, and managing lab infrastructure to meet the customer requirements. In this role, you will build, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Windows, Linux, and VM servers/workstation hardware and software.
- Support the design and implementation of workgroup-scale networks, build and manage authentication, file-share, and other collaboration servers to support groups of heterogeneous client systems.
- Work with industrial security to develop and apply hardening configurations for systems for classified use to RMF requirements; Document system configuration for new and existing systems; Experience with centralized authentication technologies such as LDAP and Active Directory domains in supporting Windows/Linux cross-platform clients is desirable.
- willing to respond to occasional off-hours outages and take part in subsequent service restoration efforts. This is not inclusive of all job duties.
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