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title: 'Intermediate Systems Administrator at PingWind'
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# Intermediate Systems Administrator at PingWind

- **Company:** PingWind
- **Location:** Quantico, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/pingwind/6a81b711-da06-4ce4-96c8-948d4281bb6d

## Job description

Location: Quantico, VA (Government site) Required Clearance: Active TS/SCI Certifications: Cloud+ CE, Server+ CE, and/or Security+ CE, as applicable Required Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field. Equivalent specialized experience may be considered. Required Experience: Minimum of three (3) years of specialized Federal or DoW system administration experience involving server, virtualization, storage, and backup platforms.

Position Description

Ailani Wind Joint Venture is seeking an Intermediate Systems Administrator to administer and sustain on-premises computing environments supporting NIPR, SIPR, SAP, and AFSCI missions. The administrator supports servers, storage, virtualization, identity services, enterprise applications, and backup and recovery platforms. This position monitors availability and performance, implements approved changes, supports cloud migration activities, and executes backup, restoration, business continuity, disaster recovery, and continuity of operations procedures

. Primary Responsibilities

Typical Responsibilities/Tasks:

- Administer Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, enterprise applications, and supporting infrastructure across authorized environments.
- Operate and maintain SAN, NAS, cloud-storage, and other enterprise storage services.
- Provision, configure, monitor, right-size, and sustain virtual machines and VMware or comparable virtualization platforms.
- Monitor Active Directory, DHCP, authentication services, application health, capacity, utilization, and system performance.
- Install approved patches, configuration changes, security controls, and software releases using established change-management procedures.
- Administer Commvault or comparable backup platforms; schedule and monitor backups and perform and document restoration tests.
- Investigate system incidents and performance degradation, determine root causes, implement corrective actions, and document results.
- Support migration of workloads, applications, data, and services to approved cloud environments.
- Develop, maintain, and execute backup/restoral, business continuity, disaster recovery, and continuity of operations procedures and exercises.
- Maintain system inventories, architecture diagrams, build records, standard operating procedures, and configuration baselines.
- Coordinate with cybersecurity, network, application, service desk, and Government stakeholders to sustain mission availability.

Required Qualifications

- Expert-level knowledge of Red Hat/Linux and Windows server administration, VMware or comparable virtualization, and Commvault or comparable backup platforms.
- Expert-level knowledge of backup and recovery, business continuity, disaster recovery, and continuity of operations concepts and practices.
- Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-34, NIST SP 800-209, and applicable DAF and AFOSI COOP requirements.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex server, storage, virtualization, authentication, application, and performance issues.
- Ability to implement secure configurations, maintain accurate technical documentation, and operate within formal change-control processes.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in classified Federal and DoW environments.

Desired Qualifications

- RHCSA or higher Red Hat certification.
- Microsoft Windows Server administration certification.
- VMware Certified Professional or comparable virtualization certification.
- Commvault certification and experience performing enterprise recovery exercises.
- Experience supporting DAF or AFOSI mission systems and cloud migration initiatives.

## About Pingwind

PingWind is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government. We have extensive experience in the fields of cybersecurity, development, IT infrastructure, supply chain management and other professional services such as system design and continuous improvement. PingWind is a VA CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA HUBZone Certified with offices in Washington DC and Northern Virginia. [www.PingWind.com](https://www.PingWind.com)

Our benefits include:

- Paid Federal Holidays
- Robust Health & Dental Insurance Options
- 401k with matching
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- Continuing education assistance
- Short Term / Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program through Sun Life Financial EAP Guidance Resources

Salary Range

$68K -94K

The pay range for this job is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) job responsibilities, education, certifications, experience, as well as internal equity mapping and alignment with market data, or other applicable laws.

Veterans are encouraged to apply

PingWind, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities, terms, and conditions of employment, or practices on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or political beliefs, national origin or heritage, disability, sexual orientation, or any characteristic protected by law.

## About PingWind

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PingWind is a technology services company delivering cybersecurity, IT modernization, and supply chain solutions primarily to U.S. federal agencies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held; certified SDVOSB – Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business)
- **Headquarters**: Annandale, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: 2012 (per company website) or 2015 (per LinkedIn) – conflicting reports exist; the company’s official site states 2012. [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/about) | [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/pingwind-inc-)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting; Cybersecurity; Supply Chain Management; Digital Transformation
- **Target customers**: U.S. federal government (Departments of Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, Defense, Army, Navy, Energy, Treasury, Labor, General Services Administration, etc.)
- **Mission or purpose**: “Utilize leading edge technology and best practices to help clients secure information, modernize systems, and optimize performance.” [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/about)

## Products & Services
PingWind organizes its offerings into four core capability areas, delivered as consulting and managed services:
- **Advanced Threat Intelligence**: Cybersecurity remediation, RMF & ATO expertise, Zero Trust Architecture, predictive analysis, cloud security, microelectronics engineering & security.
- **Supply Chain & Risk Management**: Supply chain planning & analytics, operational risk mitigation, category management, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, continuity of operations / resilience planning.
- **Digital Transformation & Automation**: Systems & app engineering, Agile solution development, DevSecOps, XaaS, legacy system sustainment & enhancement, process transformation.
- **AI-Driven Operations & Machine Learning**: AI & advanced analytics, data engineering & management, model development/training/evaluation, ML Ops & scalable deployment, intellectual property development, graph data science.

PingWind also maintains expertise with platforms such as Salesforce, Pega, Microsoft Dynamics, ServiceNow, MuleSoft, Microsoft Power Platform, AWS, Azure, and Elastic. [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/capabilities)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over 250 employees across 37 states and OCONUS (per company website) or 148 employees (per LinkedIn) – conflicting headcount data; official site claims larger workforce.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Joint ventures include Ailani Wind (with Ailani Hawaiian Federal – SBA 8(a) NHO), PingWind United (with 42 United – WOSB), and Clear Vantage Point Solutions (CVPS II) (with Peraton Inc.). [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/capabilities)
- **Growth Signals**: Expansion through mentor‑protégé joint ventures to capture set‑aside contracts; active hiring across multiple roles (60+ open positions as of search date); presence in federal contracting with top agencies.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Certified SDVOSB** – qualifies for set‑aside contracts and sole‑source awards within the federal market.
- **CMMC Level 2 C3PAO Certified** – validates ability to protect Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) per DoD requirements; also holds ISO 9001, 20000, 27001 certifications and CMMI Level 3 Development & Services.
- **Deep federal domain expertise** – founders and leadership have military, federal government, and Fortune 100 experience.
- **Mentor‑protégé joint ventures** – provide unique contracting privileges (direct awards, exemption from bid protests, no competitive thresholds) that give a strategic advantage in government bids.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Deepening AI/ML and automation capabilities; expanding through joint ventures to tap into 8(a) and WOSB set‑aside markets; sustaining high security certifications to maintain trust with defense and civilian agencies.
- **Growth drivers**: Increasing demand for Zero Trust, supply chain risk management, and digital transformation across the federal government; leveraging past performance to win larger contracts.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Great Place to Work‑Certified™; emphasizes trust, performance, and longevity in client relationships; values include curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- **Work‑life balance**: Offers flexible work hours, remote work options, and observance of Federal holidays.
- **Professional development**: Encourages training, continued education, and certifications; a culture of learning and growth.
- **Community involvement**: Active in STEM education and supports service‑disabled Veterans (e.g., Virginia Values Veterans organization).
- **Perks**: Competitive salaries and benefits; opportunity to work on mission‑critical projects for the U.S. government.
- **Recruitment fraud warning**: PingWind posts all legitimate openings on its official careers page and LinkedIn; any other solicitations should be reported. [pingwind.com](https://www.pingwind.com/careers) | [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/pingwind)

## Sources
1. [pingwind.com – About](https://www.pingwind.com/about)
2. [pingwind.com – Careers](https://www.pingwind.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com – PingWind](https://linkedin.com/company/pingwind-inc-)
4. [jobs.lever.co – PingWind](https://jobs.lever.co/pingwind)
5. [pingwind.com – Capabilities](https://www.pingwind.com/capabilities)

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