System Administrator
About The Position
The Systems Administrator is responsible for the day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for operating systems, workstations, and servers. Under limited supervision, performs complex software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages. Schedules installations and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures. The ideal candidate needs to be comfortable working in an agile environment and working with government and contractor representatives. This position will be supporting the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Requirements
- Associates Degree OR Bachelors Degree OR 4+ years of related experience
- 2+ years of Linux System Administration Experience, such as RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu; particularly focused on security hardening, patch management, system automation, and ensuring compliance with DoD standards in both classified and unclassified areas
- 5+ years working in DevSecOps deploying and securing Linux containers using Docker and Kubernetes and integrating security in CI/CD pipelines
- 5+ years working with cloud environments (cloud GCC-High/azure)
- 5+ years of experience with DoD Risk Management Framework, eMASS, and Xacta
- 5+ years of experience implementing and managing DISA STIG compliance, using tools such as SCAP and ACAS (Nessus)
- Experience with backend support for VMware
- Familiarity with DoD-specific collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Teams
- Experience working with Kanban and sprints within an Agile environment
- CompTIA Security+ certification
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- Due to the requirements of our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be a U.S. citizen
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of Linux System Administration Experience, such as RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu; particularly focused on security hardening, patch management, system automation, and ensuring compliance with DoD standards in both classified and unclassified areas
- Bash and Python scripting
- Experience with windows system administration
Responsibilities
- Operational maintenance of systems
- Support of systems
- Upgrades for operating systems, workstations, and servers
- Complex software installations
- Upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages
- Schedules installations and upgrades
- Maintains systems in accordance with established IT policies and procedures
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
