System Administrator IV - HPC

Description

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos currently has an immediate need for an experienced System Administrator - IV HPC for a new customer on a strategic High-Performance Computing (HPC) program. The Senior System Administrator will need to be a self-starter with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, flexibility, good judgment, and the ability to work within a team to mature the HPC capabilities of our customer.

Locations :

These positions will be onsite. Candidates need to be located near Saratoga Springs, UT, to be considered.

Primary Responsibilities :

Manage essential infrastructure services, ensuring high availability and performance of data center services, physical and virtual server-class systems, and storage. Lead medium-to-large scale projects, design and implement system policies, conduct advance troubleshooting, and are pivotal in the direct recovery efforts during critical system failures. Mentor Tier I / II / III staff members. Ability to work alone and as part of larger team to complete projects on time.

Basic Qualifications :

Must possess a TS / SCI clearance with polygraph

IAT Level II Certification Required. Accepted professional IAT Level II certifications include RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification, and / or VMWare certification.

Candidates shall have a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and twelve (12) years of experience in a large and complex IT environment providing industry and government recognized functional expertise, or a master's degree with ten (10) years of experience. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, the individual shall have five (5) years of full-time computer science experience and at least ten (10) years in a large and complex IT environment providing industry and government recognized functional expertise. An industry recognized professional certification as listed below may substitute as one (1) year experience.

Experience with installation, configuration, tuning and support of :

Multi-vendor servers running a plethora of COTS, open source, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC division IT support requirements.

Multi-vendor servers running Redhat or SUSE with direct attached, FC SAN storage or SSDs.

Distributing computing tools such as RES, LSF and SLURM

HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, Front End servers of SPDs.

BM or HP Blade servers with FC / SAS / Network back end

Multi-vendor file systems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre

Pre-Factory testing, factory testing, system integration and acceptance testing during the purchase process of HPC systems.

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

Original Posting : October 23, 2025

For U.S. Positions : While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range :

Pay Range $112,450.00 - $203,275.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com / careers / pay-benefits .

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.