Senior Linux Administrator

Amentum•Hanover, MD

About The Position

Purpose and Impact: Our contract supports more than 12 efforts with varying levels of hardware and software development requirements. Our projects are focused on front end equipment configuration/maintenance, back-end repositories, front end dashboards, as well as everything in between for the full data processing thread. Our teams can range from one to two developers to a team of 12. All of our teams work right alongside our customer to discuss requirements, identify solutions, and choose the way forward for implementation. As part of an engineering office, our customer and our workforce look and plan for future expectations- continuously trying to stay ahead of the next challenge. This position is for a team of three contractors that work directly with the customer to support multiple projects. The focus for this position is primarily security compliance to maintain and renew Authority to Operate (ATO) Status. This position will also ask the candidate to support projects on other needs as well: migration to new baselines, incorporating new technologies for the project application, and building/reporting for health and monitoring dashboards. Applications and baselines are operating predominantly in a virtualized architecture. Work Schedule: Monday- Friday: Normal schedule. Specific start/end times can be determine by candidate and the team for best schedule needs.

Requirements

9 years or more experience as a Linux Administrator
9 years of experience of bash programming
7 or more years of Perl/Python programming experience
7 or more years of Linux (Redhat/Centos 5 or greater) experience
Knowledge of web technologies (html, xml, Java2E, etc_)
3 or more years of experience with virtualization
3 or more years of experience with Puppet
TS/SCI with Poly
Bachelors Degree in Computer Studies or related technical disciple from an accredited college or university is required.
Nine (9) years of experience is required. Four additional years of experience are required if the candidate does not have a Bachelors degree in a technical field.

Nice To Haves

Kubernetes/docker/containerization

Responsibilities

Provides support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems.
Provides support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc.
Provides support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers.
Provides support for the dispatch system and hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process.
Configures and manages LINUX operating systems and installs/loads operating system software, troubleshoots, maintains integrity and configures network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance.
Provides support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems
Provides support for hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process
Configures and manages LINUX operating system and installs
Creates bash shell scripts to aid in system stability and deployment repeatability
Manages the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems
Provides Tier I (Help Desk) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems
Optimizes system operations and resource utilization, and performs system capacity analysis and planning
Provides detailed analysis and feedback to management and internal customers for escalated tickets.
Loads operating system software, troubleshoots, maintains integrity and configures network components
Creates bash shell scripts to aid in system stability and deployment repeatability
Provides support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems
Manages the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems
Provides Tier I (Help Desk) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems
Optimizes system operations and resource utilization, and performs system capacity analysis and planning
Provides support for hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process
Provides detailed analysis and feedback to management and internal customers for escalated tickets
Loads operating system software, troubleshoots, maintains integrity and configures network components
Configures and manages LINUX operating system and installs
Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.