Senior System Administrator

GIGATEC Engineering•Annapolis Junction, MD

17h

About The Position

As the System Administrator, you'll get to be responsible for providing network management and systems administration support to maintain the Agency’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and HPC development environment. The Systems Administrator shall require SYS1 access and must have the Security+ certification.

Requirements

Fifteen (15) years' experience
Bachelors in Technical discipline, or an additional 5 years' experience
Security+ certification
Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux Tools
Experience developing scripts using Bash/Python
Experience performing System Administration including installation, configuration, and support of COTS/GOTS/FOSS software in a large-scale Linux cluster environment
Experience with Network Appliance clustered servers and applicable software with direct attached FC San storage
Experience using Red Hat Satellite to automate the deployment, provisioning, and patching of REL Linux systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments
Experience with hands-on troubleshooting, customer interfacing, issue resolution, discrepancy tracking, and report generation
Familiar with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data such as Splunk and Elastic Stack
Experience with Linux configuration regarding Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Memory Management, VMs, Firewalls, and System Monitoring
Experience with corporate STE/STN security compliance policies, procedures, and tools
Experience with corporate SSP accreditation processes
Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools such as Ansible and SaltStack
Experience configuring and sustaining VMware ESXi/Virtualization environments
Top Secret clearance required
Favorable completion of a polygraph required
Authorized to work in the U.S.
Unable to sponsor an employment Visa

Nice To Haves

Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence
Experience using system monitoring tools such as HPE One View and Nagios
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
Experience with sanitization of hardware, firmware, and / or software removed from computing environment in accordance with USG policies and procedures
Experience with NetBackup and/or tape backup systems and archiving
Experience with ePolicy Orchestrator and McAfee

Responsibilities

Providing network management and systems administration support to maintain the Agency’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and HPC development environment.