Poly Required)

Red Alpha•Annapolis Junction, MD

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 and can expect to perform Linux system administration, monitor system performance and troubleshoot 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, and review security scans, identify actions, and work with appropriate teams to take corrective action.

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
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
Racking, cabling, and configuring servers

Benefits

health
life/disability
401k
paid time off
professional development
generous bonus programs
Retire sooner than planned: Get closer to retirement with up to 10% in 401k contributions, immediately vested.
Have a career AND a life: Enjoy up to 5 weeks of leave (25 days of personal time off) and 11 paid floating holidays.
Stay at at your best: As a member, we'll pay 100% of your premiums for comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. We'll also pay the majority of the premiums for your family.
free access to a fully equipped state of the art gym!
$5250 per year towards ongoing education, trainings, certifications, and maintaining professional memberships.
Spend up to $300 per year on company branded merchandise featuring top quality brands such as Under Armour, Nike, Carhartt, YETI, etc.
Attend fun company events throughout the year such as our Oktoberfest, summer picnic, and annual holiday party!
team events which may include happy hours, baseball games, snowboarding, RenFest, and more!