System Administrator

Our client, a mission-focused technology organization, needs a senior Linux engineer to own the health and evolution of a mixed Linux, Windows and virtualized environment. You’ll be the go-to technical lead for server infrastructure, endpoint support and system design in a high-reliability setting.

What You’ll Do

Own daily operations for Servers and workstations: monitoring, alerting, fault resolution and performance tuning

Build, configure and troubleshoot physical, virtual and cloud-hosted systems

Architect platform and software layers that are secure, scalable and resilient

Spot weak points in the environment and fix them before they become outages

Plan and execute OS upgrades, software installs and patch cycles within change control guidelines

Guide application teams through deployments, patching and continuous improvement efforts

Partner with network, database, application and security teams, plus vendors and end users, to solve technical problems

Select and manage tools and hardware that safeguard data integrity

Run backup and archive schedules and manage media retention, including offsite rotation

Author and maintain SOPs, build records, architecture diagrams and configuration baselines

Perform recurring compliance checks on hardware and software against internal standards

Define test plans and acceptance criteria for infrastructure changes

6+ years in systems administration, infrastructure or deployment work

Deep hands-on Linux/UNIX experience

Experience with VMware or OpenShift

Solid Windows infrastructure knowledge

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering or similar

U.S. citizenship

Ability to pass a Public Trust background investigation and a drug/alcohol screening

Nice to Haves

RHEL expertise

Ansible, Bash and PowerShell automation, including scripted data transfers between systems

Enterprise storage arrays (SAN/NAS)

Out-of-band server management (IPMI or similar)

Software-defined networking

CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, infrastructure as code, Agile environments

Red Hat or Security+ certification

Background supporting government, aerospace or other Real Time critical systems Location Huntsville, AL, United States of America