Poly Required)

Red Alpha•Annapolis Junction, MD

1d•$100,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Linux System Administrator to join a mission critical software development effort that provides automated and assisted data processing, analysis, and reporting to the customer. In this role, you will join an operations support team responsible for supporting the overall architecture/enterprise. For this position, you should be able to work independently, learn new tasks over time.

Requirements

Four (4) years experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity within the Federal Government is required.
Bachelors degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional database administration experience may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
General Linux Experience, preferably with CentOS / RHEL
Experience w/ Puppet
Knowledge of RMF
Ability to run vulnerability scans, interpret results, identify false positives
Experience with Docker / Podman
Experience with automation (i.e bash scripting, Ansible playbooks, etc.)
Familiarity w/ git (i.e bitbucket, gitlab, etc.)
Willingness to work across various systems to provide assistance on an ad hoc basis
Experience with maintaining / troubleshooting virtual infrastructure (i.e VMware)
Experience managing DNS / DHCP / Actve Directory
Good communication skills (critical for being able to work with different teams / organizations to troubleshoot and find solutions).
Experience w/ Jira & Confluence and willing to document procedures
Experience w/ racking, cabling, and configuring servers
An active US Government TS/SCI security clearance with Polygraph

Nice To Haves

Experience with NetApp or Dell storage would be nice but not crucial
Overall willingness to learn new technologies, be pulled into different projects, and provide troubleshooting on an ad hoc basis.
Experience with Kubernetes
Experience with Python

Responsibilities

Perform Linux system administration
Monitor system performance and troubleshooting issues with Elastic products such as Grafana and Kibana
Work with Jira for workflow management (ticketing)
Use Confluence for documentation and artifact sharing
Provision virtual machine resources
Use TPAM for account management
Coordinate planned and unplanned outages
Work with the division wide lab for development and testing support
Review security scans, identify actions, and work with appropriate teams to take corrective action.

Benefits

health
life/disability
401k
paid time off
professional development
generous bonus programs
100% of your premiums for comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
free access to a fully equipped state of the art gym
$5250 per year towards ongoing education, trainings, certifications, and maintaining professional memberships
up to $300 per year on company branded merchandise