💼 Full-Time Position

Principal Systems Administrator

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BigBear.ai
📍 Washington, United States, United States
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Location
Washington, United States
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Posted
June 06, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Overview

BigBear.ai is hiring a Principal Systems Administrator to support GALE (Generic Area Limitation Environment)—a mission-critical capability used by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC). In this role, you’ll keep a complex Linux-based application environment healthy, secure, and ready for operational use—while working shoulder-to-shoulder with users, engineers, and mission partners.
At BigBear.ai, you’ll join a team of technologists and mission-focused problem solvers building tools that turn massive volumes of structured and unstructured data into actionable intelligence. If you want your work to matter—and you enjoy being the person who makes systems run reliably in high-stakes environments—this role is for you.

What you will do

As a Principal Systems Administrator on the GALE support team, you will:

+ Operate and sustain GALE in production across customer environments—ensuring availability, performanc...