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Job Description:
Leidos Public Health Division is seeking qualified Systems Engineers/Administrators in Atlanta, GA, contingent upon contract award.
Responsible for installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of systems, including associated hardware. Responsibilities may include management of systems infrastructures, implementing best practices to Identify and recommend system functional specifications, configuration of physical and virtual systems, backup and recovery of IT infrastructure. Support duties may include updating and supporting systems by tuning performance, allocating storage space. Implementing critical patches, reviewing systems performance logs to identify anomalies and troubleshoot issues.
The System Administrator will support the CDC infrastructure managing hardware, operating systems, system software, VMs, and networking. The candidates provide secure and always-on infrastructure services, accessed by researchers to customer-sponsored data hosted in an on-premise infrastructure and the cloud, and secure access to the CDC high performance computing resources for scientific researches. The ideal candidates should have experience with multiple OS experience on different variations of Linux (e.g., Red Hat, CentOS, and Ubuntu LTS). Depending on assignment, core responsibilities will cover a combination of the following areas:
VMware VShpere for virtual server provisioning, deployment, and configuration and for HW and SW implementation and maintenance.
System monitoring, routine and ad hoc security patch management, and backup and DR.
Trouble shooting, performance tuning, installation, and support of scientific applications for HPC clusters.
Managing multi-petabtyes of data using Avere FXT Edge Filer, EMC Isilon network attached storage, Cloudian object storage, and Pure Storage flash memory storage, or similar products.
HPC networking, and HPE block.
Planning, developing, and implementing cloud strategy (AWS or Azure) and providing coaching and training to researchers and other users.
Configuration, monitoring, tuning, user access control of Hadoop environment
The System Administration team responsible for the development, implementation, maintenance, and ever greening of processes, procedures, and technical controls and enhancements required to maintain an Authority to Operate (ATO) for a General Support System (GSS) with a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 199 Security Categorization of High. The System Administrators develop the infrastructure deliverables, continuous diagnostics and mitigation, threat mitigation and incident response, security architecture support, critical infrastructure protection, patch management, vulnerability management, risk management, information assurance, and Security Assessment and Authorization (SA&A) documentation.
Additional duties include:
Develop, deploy and manage the introduction of new capabilities, and the enhancement or troubleshooting of existing capabilities, providing technical council as needed
Leverage experience and industry best practices to design and implement solutions
Develop, lead and participate in the build and implementation per detailed designs, executive briefings, data flow diagrams, and other supporting design and development documentation.
Communicate and work collaboratively with internal and client team members across the program, and as needed, present task status, provide technical council, and/or alternative designs, solutions, and or processes to leadership.
Identify business requirements that affect the EA and provide technical infrastructure solutions that integrate into the overall architectural vision and strategy.
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor's Degree in IT, engineering, or other relevant field.
A minimum of 5+ years (System Administrator) of industry experience in the areas of infrastructure engineering
Proven work experience on Amazon AWS and/or Microsoft Azure with a focus on building and leveraging open source and native cloud services.
Established knowledge and experience with networking including domain controllers, active directory, and other core infrastructure essentials to include security.
Experience supporting Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Services
Experience with problem/incident management.
Experience managing different variation of Linux OS
Experience supporting a high performance computing infrastructure
High level of proficient managing VM infrastructure
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert are highly desired.
Experience working at the CDC or other federal government agencies
Experience supporting Trusted Internet Connection (TIC)
Large scale infrastructure design and implementation project experience
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
VMWare Certification
Implementation experience with AWS/Azure (e.g.: SECDEVOPS engineer experience, service management , container to cluster migration)
Understanding of network design and management - LAN, WAN, and VPN.
Experience optimizing Cloud utilization patterns, support development, validation, operations, and security with migration experience from an on-premises model to a hybrid model.
Knowledgeable with OAuth2 and/or other authentication models to enable access by external partners
Working experience with Kurbernetes and data interoperability with a variety of laboratory systems (e.g., ClarityLIMS, eLIMS, and FluLIMS).
Experience managing federal SA&A processes - developing security plans, facilitating POA&M items resolution, implementing HSPD-12 authentication, building secure IT infrastructure.
Experience using Trusted Agent and managing Level III SW approval process
Position requires US Citizenship or US Permanent Residency Status and the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
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External Referral Bonus:
Ineligible
External Referral Bonus $:
Potential for Telework:
Yes, 50%
Clearance Level Required:
Public Trust
Travel:
No
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Shift:
Day
Requisition Category:
Professional
Job Family:
Systems Engineering
Pay Range:
