Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer

Interactive Process Technology • Radford, VA

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About The Position

Join IPT Associates’ established UNIX team in a mixed and growing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, and Solaris environment. The engineer will manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support servers for several customers. IPTA describes its culture as collaborative and supportive, with an emphasis on learning, growth, initiative, teamwork, integrity, and service.

Requirements

• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• A computing environment certification, such as Red Hat, or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of starting.
• Experience in computer science or IT.
• Active security clearance.
• At least 5 years as a UNIX systems administrator or IT engineer, including task automation.
• At least 3 years of patch management, including applying security updates with yum and RPM.
• At least 3 years working in complex network environments using VLANs and tools such as ifconfig, netstat, SSH, and telnet, and hardening systems with firewalld/iptables and hosts.
• At least 3 years managing large numbers of local users from the command line.
• At least 3 years creating and following SOPs for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
• At least 3 years configuring and maintaining DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a team-player attitude.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of basic and advanced SELinux management and configuration.
• Experience with cybersecurity patch management, STIGs, SRGs, RMF, SCA-V, and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA).
• Experience deploying large hardware and software upgrades across many sites spread over a wide area.
• Experience with current and emerging network and infrastructure management technologies.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement new system hardware and software.
• Write and maintain technical instructions, operating procedures, and policies.
• Monitor and tune system performance, harden servers, and report on security and operational status.
• Recommend enterprise improvements and manage new hardware and software integrations.
• Write utilization reports that identify problems and fixes.
• Support datacenter equipment lifecycle activities, including firmware version control and preventive maintenance.
• Recommend, demonstrate, and roll out technologies to improve and expand the environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed