Description of Duties:

The Senior Linux Systems Administrator supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:
• Design, implement, troubleshoot, and sustain Linux based physical and virtual machines for the Missile Defense Space Center.
• Administer Container Platforms such as OpenShift, Docker, and Podman as-well-as maintain Repositories/Registries.
• Perform hardening of operating systems and STIG compliance.
• Creating and maintaining operating systems baselines.
• Work closely with a team of engineers, including system administrators, network engineers, system engineers, and cybersecurity engineers, to provide high quality, innovative engineering services to the Government customer.
• Work with system engineers to identify and define requirements for new systems/system modifications, developing designs, and implementing and testing solutions. Maintain associated documentation in accordance with DoD and NIST regulations.
• Perform vulnerability remediation and mitigations to reduce cybersecurity risks.
• Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations.
• Develop and maintain system administration procedures and baseline configuration documentation.
• Be responsible for ensuring system software installs, maintenance, break/fix activities, and cyber security mitigations are performed in accordance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements.
• Focus on creating, upgrading, managing and sustaining physical and virtual workstations and servers.
• Performance of high availability, to include load balancing, virtual IPs, Cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.
• Carrying out high- level activities associated with design and system architecture. Perform system level scripting through BASH, Python, YAML, and Perl.

The successful candidate will:
• Be a strong innovator in process improvement and system design.
• Be able to quickly learn challenging concepts, decompose difficult service problems and provide resolution.
• Be able to create and follow standard processes and clearly document results.
• Effectively function as self-starter and identify risks, issues, and opportunities to the Lead System Administrator
• Have excellent presentation, oral and written skills to facilitate effective and efficient interchanges with senior customer management and customers.
• Have a "can-do" attitude, be able to work in a very high paced and dynamic environment, and embrace change
• Take on additional duties that may be necessary to mission success
• This position will provide support across multiple task orders.

This position can be filled at Schriever SFB, Colorado Springs, CO.

This position is expected to pay $146,300 - $171,300 annually; depending on experience, education, and any certifications that are directly related to the position.

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days. If a candidate has not been selected at that time, it will continue to be posted until a suitable candidate is selected or the position is closed.

Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits (401K match), employee stock purchase plan, health benefits, tax saving options, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental leave.

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Basic Requirements:

Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: HS Diploma (or GED) and 14 years of general experience; Associate's degree and 12 years of general experience; Bachelor's degree and 10 years of general experience; Master's degree and 8 years of general experience
• Must have 8 years of directly related experience to UNIX and/or Linux systems administrator experience
• Must have 3 years of experience in management or leadership roles.
• Must obtain a computing environment Linux certification (Linux+, RHCSA, LPIC, LFCS) within 90 days of hire
• Must meet DoD 8140 on the job training experience and/or certification requirements (e.g. Sec+)
• Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance or higher

Desired Requirements:
• Have experience administering a Red Hat Linux environment using Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) Servers
• Have experience administering a Red Hat Linux in an air gapped environment
• Have a Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator Certification (EX280) or higher
• Have experience writing and executing Ansible playbooks
• Have experience conducting log analysis to assess root cause analysis
• Have experience with DISA tools used in scanning and remediating computer system vulnerabilities
• Have experience resolving hardware & software conflicts, performing server maintenance and break/fix activities
• Have comprehensive knowledge of VMware environments
• Have DoD networking experience with classified data networks and strong grasp of red/black concepts and IA compliance