Systems Administrator (Linux)

Translucent Services, LLC
Fort Meade, MD, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$160,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Active Directory Confluence JIRA Bash Shell Booting (BIOS) Client Server Models Ubuntu (Operating System) CentOS Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Linux File Systems
+21 more
Domain Name System (DNS) Microsoft Exchange Server HP SiteScope InfiniBand Nagios Open Source Technology HP OpenView Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ansible Prometheus Sendmail SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Zenoss SUSE Linux Grafana Git Information Technology Slurm 3-tier Architectures Splunk

Requirements

System Administration (All Levels): Mission operations sustainment (monitoring, troubleshooting,

maintaining)

  • Strictly Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky, SLES, Ubuntu [new])
  • OS install, file system configuration, TCP/IP networking, configuration, operating system and application troubleshooting, BASH scripting, software compilation and install
  • Understanding of HPC architecture, knowledge about high-speed networks such as InfiniBand, Slingshot
  • Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Grafana, Prometheus, Nagios, Slurm, git, Salt, Ansible
  • Good troubleshooting skills - each system is slightly different and there’s no ā€œone fixā€ for a particular problem
  • Support a large client-server-based IT enterprise in installation, configuration, and networking of Linux and Windows based platforms.
  • Oversee servers running Red Hat, CentOS, SolarisX64, SuSe, Virtual Appliances, with direct attached and FC SAN storage.
  • Troubleshoot PXE and DHCP boot process.
  • Perform Microsoft Exchange Policy management, mailbox management, enterprise-level, multi-site design and architecture.
  • Support Tier 3 Infrastructure services such as: DNS, NIS, Active Directory, Centrify, Zenoss, SiteScope, HP Openview, HP Oneview, HPSA, HPSE, SPLUNK, Sendmail, Exchange, NetQoS, Infoblox, Nagios, HP Cluster Management
  • Install, configure, tune and troubleshoot multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, open source and in-house applications.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

  • TS/SCI clearance is REQUIRED.
  • Ability to work onsite 100% of the time.
  • Candidates shall have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field and have 5 to 7 years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a client-server-based IT enterprise.
  • Or the individual shall have 5 to 7 years of full-time computer science work that can be substituted for the bachelor’s degree or demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a client-server-based IT enterprise.
  • An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year of experience.
  • IAT Level II Certification Required.

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • 401(k)
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance, * 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

About the company

Translucent Services is seeking full-time Linux Systems Administrators (ALL Levels) for our customer at Fort Meade, MD.

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