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SMX is seeking an Application System Administrator to join our team. This role is critical in supporting the design, documentation, deployment, and maintenance of innovative application solutions that align with the evolving needs of our organization and its clients.    The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of technical proficiency, creative problem-solving, and clear, effective communication. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our systems are robust, scalable, and aligned with strategic goals. This position will be onsite at the client location in Patuxent River, MD. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather application requirements Learn more

SMX is looking for a highly motivated System Administrator to administer Linux Application Servers for our NAVAIR customer. You will join a team of highly driven, supportive, and skilled professionals engaged in supporting across the NAVAIR community.   This position will be onsite at Patuxent River NAS in Patuxent River, MD.    Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Performs the installation, integration, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, security implementation, and configuration of software applications in a classified environment Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence/Atlassian, TWS, Artifactory, Jenkins, Mailman, SonarQube, VoIP, ACAS, and more Troubleshoot and resolve software issues Provides support through a ticketing system to application owners, developers, Learn more

  SMX is seeking a driven and talented DevSecOps Engineer. This role focuses on modern enterprise container hosting platforms, both on-premises and in the AWS cloud. As a DevSecOps Engineer, you will play a key role in supporting mission-critical systems for the U.S. Navy at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. You’ll collaborate with technical experts across the deployment lifecycle—from design to sustainment—working with platforms like RedHat OpenShift, AWS EKS, and ECS. This position will be hybrid with some onsite support at the client location in Patuxent River, MD. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Participate in the full deployment lifecycle of enterprise Learn more

SMX is seeking a Junior System Administrator to support NAVAIR/NAWCAD 7.2.4 at Patuxent River NAS. This is a position that provides a great opportunity for growth.  As the Junior Systems Administrator, you will:  Operate and maintain all production, test, and development systems in a Windows environment.  Perform system administration activities to include account management, monitoring and management of system resources (CPU, memory, disk, etc), monitoring and auditing system logs, back-up and recovery, continuity of operations, security, managing operating systems, and storage management. Test and install Operating Systems, COTS and GOTS upgrades/patches, Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs) consistent with security, information Learn more

SMX is looking for a highly motivated Linux Systems Administrator with demonstrated experience performing System Administration functions on Aircraft or Weapons Systems networks, and maintaining and upgrading network infrastructures. This position will provide onsite support at Patuxent River NAS in southern Maryland. As the Linux Systems Administrator, you will join a team of highly-driven, supportive, and skilled professionals engaged in supporting program management, technical, or business case analysis across the NAVAIR community. The Linux Systems Administrator will: Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system Learn more

SMX is seeking a skilled Network and Computer Systems Administrator to be part of our Information Technology Team supporting NAWCAD at Patuxent River, MD.  The Administrator tasking includes operations, administration, maintenance, compliance, break/fix, activities for servers, appliances, storage devices on premise, in labs and in cloud environments. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   Provide IT Administration support for virtual and physical computers/servers/appliances or other devices including but not limited to install, config, maintenance, compliance, and decommissioning  Support VMware systems hosting virtualized workstations and/or servers  Support Windows and/or Linux based systems  Support Windows Active Directory  Support routing, switching and other site to Learn more

SMX is looking for a highly motivated Network Engineer (mid or senior level) with demonstrated experience to perform Network Engineering, Design, and Analysis for for use in operational environments. As the Network Engineer, you will join a team of highly driven, supportive, and skilled professionals engaged in supporting critical programs across the NAVAIR community. This is an onsite role providing support for our client at Patuxent River NAS, MD. The Network Engineer will:  Serve as the Network Subject Matter Expert for all PMA-262 SW products Plan Networks / NetConfig roadmap for all SW products (Ports Protocols Services Matrix updates for new capabilities, Learn more

  SMX is seeking a talented Network Operations Administrator to join our team. In this role, you’ll work with tools like SIEMs, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems. You’ll also help manage encryption systems like PKI, ensure networks meet DoD security standards, and assist with audits and compliance. This position will be onsite at the client location in Patuxent River, MD. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Review security monitoring tools and investigate suspicious activity across IT systems and networks for potential signs of compromise and related threat intelligence Evaluate and support the ongoing effectiveness of Information Assurance (IA) Defense-in-Depth operations and strategies Learn more

SMX is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Oracle Database Administrator to work onsite at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.   The ideal candidate will work with cross-functional teams in the client environment delivering reliable database solutions and support.   Essential Duties & Responsibilities:  Installing database software Upgrading and patching the database software to new releases Starting up and shutting down the database Creating databases/Schemas Managing the storage structures of the database Managing schema objects, such as tables, indexes, and views Managing user accounts, roles and grants Making database backups and performing database recovery when necessary Monitoring the condition of the Learn more

SMX is seeking an experienced and mission-driven Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst. In this role, you’ll play a critical part in protecting our clients’ networks by analyzing real-time data, performing threat correlation, and escalating incidents that could impact operations. This position will be onsite at the client location in Patuxent River, MD. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Detect and identify intrusions and anomalous activity across monitored environments Use cyber defense tools to monitor and analyze systems for malicious activity Document and escalate impactful incidents in accordance with escalation protocols Analyze threats to determine attack vectors, exploited vulnerabilities, and potential data loss Learn more