Advanced Systems Administration Specialist

Advanced Systems Administration Specialist

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Job Number: 234002

Advanced Systems Administration Specialist




As an Advanced Systems Administration Specialist, you'll serve as a front-line interface to users with technical issues by conducting systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies. Your duties may include installing new software, troubleshooting, granting permissions to applications and training users. You'll also be responsible for the day-to-day support of server services by performing server administration for physical and virtual server operating systems and configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting of physical and virtual hardware and network related interfaces on servers. And, you'll perform OS and vendor software patching on servers and monitor physical and virtual servers performance using monitoring tools.



What you'll experience:

• Technologies that aren't just top-notch, they're often top-secret


• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what's next


• Opportunities to gain new knowledge - as it's discovered

Candidates should have demonstrated experience with the following:

• Strong background with deploying and maintaining RedHat Linux/CentOS Client/Server environments


• Experience with implementing Linux security controls to maintain system compliance


• Experience with deploying and maintaining Windows Client/Server environments

Candidates should have knowledge of several of the following technologies:

• Familiarity with compliance controls: STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides), RMF (Risk Management Framework), DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement), NIST SP 800-171, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)


• Familiarity with developer tools : JIRA, Jenkins, Git Runner, Software Development Kits (SDK)s


• Scripting languages such as bash, Python, Ruby


• Configuration Management tools (Git/GitLab)


• Kickstart to automate installation of operating system


• Monitoring and alerting packages such as Nagios and Ganglia


• TCP/IP, Internet Routing Protocols, private and public networks, VLANs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, addressing schemes, subnet creation and subnet masking


• Experience with patching of Windows platforms Client 10 and Server 2012/2016 or newer


• Experience with patching of RedHat Linux/CentOS


• Experience installing, configuring, and writing ansible playbooks for automation supporting infrastructure production and development environments


• Experience managing virtual machine with VMware vSphere and related technologies

THIRD PARTY AGENCIES, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND RECRUITERS NEED NOT APPLY. Applicants received from firms will not be considered. Subcontracting is not available for this position.