On Site Systems Administrator

Skills

About the Role

You will build, maintain, and operate physical and virtual lab infrastructure for vulnerability research. You will manage networking equipment, IoT and OT devices, servers, virtualization platforms, remote access, provisioning automation, monitoring, vendor relationships, and lab documentation. This hybrid role requires regular onsite management of physical lab equipment in the Baltimore area, including on-call work outside normal hours and on weekends.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in systems administration, lab operations, or infrastructure engineering.
• Experience managing physical lab infrastructure remotely, including IPMI, iLO, iDRAC, remote PDUs, and KVM-over-IP.
• Systems and network monitoring experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, NetFlow, and Zeek.
• Hands-on Linux system administration experience with Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, or similar.
• Networking knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, firewalls, router configuration, and top-of-rack networking.
• Experience managing and configuring Cisco, Juniper, MikroTik, or similar networking equipment, including physical firewalls and network switching.
• Familiarity with IoT devices, embedded systems, serial consoles, JTAG, firmware flashing, and device provisioning.
• Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies, including VMware, Proxmox, KVM, and Docker.
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Ability to manage priorities across multiple concurrent research efforts.
• Documentation and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain physical and virtual lab infrastructure.
• Procure, configure, and manage networking equipment and IoT and OT devices.
• Manage lab network architecture, including segmentation, VLANs, out-of-band management, and isolated test environments.
• Administer Linux and Windows servers, hypervisors, and virtualization platforms.
• Maintain firmware libraries and device inventories.
• Provide remote access through VPNs, jump hosts, and remote console access.
• Automate environment provisioning, configuration management, and lab reset workflows.
• Monitor lab systems for availability, performance, and security, and respond to issues.
• Prepare lab environments for upcoming research targets.
• Manage vendor relationships for hardware procurement, warranties, and RMA processes.
• Document lab architecture, procedures, and runbooks.

Benefits

• Employee equity program
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) plan
• Remote-friendly flexible work environment
• Home internet and phone expense reimbursement
• Professional development, coaching, and learning resources