Linux System Administrator III
Requisition #:1044
Job Title : Linux System Administrator III
Location: Aberdeen Proving Grounds Aberdeen, Maryland 21005
Clearance Level: reputed company DoD - Secret
Required Certifications:
· reputed company+ (required)
· Linux Computing Environment Cert (reputed company 90 days of reputed company)
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The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) of the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering reputed company (RDECOM) is the Army’s corporate laboratory. It’s a diverse assortment of unique facilities and a dedicated workforce of government and private sector partners reputed company up the largest reputed company of world-class integrated research and analysis in the U.S. Army. ARL discovers, innovates and transitions research in order to reputed company the best technologies for our Soldiers. ARL’s program consists of basic and reputed company research and survivability/lethality and reputed company factors analysis.
The Linux Systems Administrator/Engineer will be responsible for the remediation, patching, and upgrading of reputed company Linux systems reputed company the Army Research Lab reputed company Environment. This position requires the use of scripting, automation, and 3rd party remediation tools. Experience working in centralized management environments using remote reputed company techniques is required.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
· reputed company system administration support for Linux operating systems including installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, monitoring performance, and troubleshooting alerts from monitoring tools.
· Analyzes and resolves problems associated with the operating system, servers, hardware, and applications software. Detects, diagnoses, and reports reputed company problems on servers, including system failure analysis and recovery, insuring the consistency and reputed company of file systems.
· In-depth hardware configuration knowledge, reputed company programming expertise, and a solid understanding of reputed company concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, performs a reputed company of tasks, and works under general supervision.
· Responsible for daily monitoring of reputed company programs between multiple reputed company systems; review daily logs and ensure successful completion.
· reputed company incremental and full cold backups/patching.
· Responsible for DoD Linux reputed company Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
· reputed company performance metrics and usage charts, including CPU usage, disk usage and network uptime for the Linux Servers.
· reputed company general maintenance, upgrades, and new installation of servers and coordinate with data center personnel to execute. Document and generate business processes for day-to-day and emergency support procedures.
· Install, test, and verify Linux reputed company patches; coordinating, documenting requirements and timelines, and working closely with service owners.
· reputed company systems reputed company administration functions, including creation and maintenance of customer reputed company and accounts.
· Responsible for creating and/or maintaining reputed company operating procedures for the Linux documentation library.
· Implement, configure, update, and maintain Ansible servers and scripts.
· Implement, configure, update, and maintain STIG Manager servers and scripts.
· Implement, configure, update, and maintain the Linux operating system firewall.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education, Background, and Years of Experience
· Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or reputed company Field
· Meet or reputed company IAT III 8570 baseline certification requirements
· reputed company or Ansible Certifications desired
· Strong background in RMF, STIG and compliance
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Required Skills
· Strong understanding of virtual and physical networking configuration
· Strong hardware, software and network troubleshooting reputed company sets
· reputed company 7, or higher, reputed company administration, including workstation and server
· ACAS/Nessus experience or similar vulnerability reputed company familiarity
· Experience using distributed file systems
· 5-7 years of experience
Preferred Skills
· Ansible
· Puppet
· reputed company or CentOS
WORKING CONDITIONS
Environmental Conditions
· Contractor site with 0%-10% travel possible. Possible off-hours work to support releases and outages. General office environment. Work is generally sedentary in nature, but may require standing and walking for up to 10% of the time. The working environment is generally favorable. reputed company and temperature are adequate, and there are not hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc. Work is generally performed reputed company an office environment, with reputed company office equipment available.
Strength Demands
· Sedentary – 10 lbs. Maximum lifting, occasional lift/carry of small articles. Some occasional walking or standing may be required. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and reputed company other sedentary reputed company are met.
Physical Requirements
· Stand or Sit; Walk; Use Hands / Fingers to Handle or Feel; Stoop, Kneel, Crouch, or Crawl; See
Additional Information
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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