Senior Systems Administrator- LINUX & VMs| SA3 -TS/SCI w/ MD Pol

Provides support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems. Manages IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems. Provides support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc. Provides Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems. Provides support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers. Provides support for the dispatch system and hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process. Configures and manages Linux, Unix, and Windows operating systems and installs/loads operating system software, troubleshoots, maintains integrity and configures network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance.

• You will work on a 7-9-person mixed Contractor/Civilian SA team supporting 3rd party systems.

• All supported systems are Linux hard boxes or VM’s.

• You will come in look at your monitoring, catch up on emails and your team Skype chat room for mission critical updates and hot issues then go to JIRA and start working off tickets.

• The team supports a backend environment with Mission and Operations users and desktops so authentication, DNS, share drives and home directories.

• LINUX Administration

• Solid experience with STE/STN, DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems

• Virtualization (VMWare, RH KVM, Proxmox …..)

• Ip networking and Firewall exp.

• Some experience with Containers/Cloud environments

Desired Skills:

• Automation tools (Ansible, salt ..)

• Scripting (bash, python, perl ..)

• Storage Management solutions / arrays (NetApp, Isilon ….)

• Hyper Converged Infrastructure exp (Harvester, Nutanix, Cisco HyperFlex…)

Qualifications:

-Fifteen (15) years experience as a SA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

We offer a competitive benefits and compensation package and FUN place to work! Benefits include, but not limited to:

Health and Wellness Benefits

• Medical Insurance (three CareFirst healthcare plans to choose from, Dental and Vision Insurance, 75% covered for employee/ 50% per dependant
• Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions $1500 individual/ $3000 family

Personal Insurance Benefits

• Company-paid Life Insurance and AD&D coverage
• Company-paid Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance

Paid Leave

• Employees receive 20 days of vacation/10 holidays built into hourly rate/ 5 days of Administrative leave (currently used for snow, jury, bereavement)

Retirement

• Pre-tax 401k program including 6% company match
• 100% fully vested from eligibility date

*Eligible after 90 days of employment