System Administrator (Mid to Senior Level)

Full Scope•Suitland, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

WILLCOR is hiring a Systems Administrator to work at ONI in Suitland Maryland. You will be responsible for recommending and developing solutions for the Hopper Information Services Center (ISC). Additionally, you will lead and provide System Administration support for LINUX Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Mission Applications, which will include the installation, configuration, administration, support, and maintenance of systems, including associated hardware. Your responsibilities as System Admin will include managing systems infrastructures, identification and implementation of best practices as well as recommending system functional specifications. Additionally, your responsibilities will include the configuration of virtual and physical systems, the backup and recovery of IT systems, and implementation of critical patches. You will also review system performance logs to identify anomalies and troubleshoot any arising issues. You will work as a team or individually to ensure all system assets are monitored and are in compliance. Also ensure that system logs are captured and reviewed, ensure the correct labeling of objects, and ensure monitorization of applications and hardware. You will coordinate across IT domains and several teams to help influence Farragut leadership in regard to solution design, process, and approaches to ensuring Linux systems are updated and working efficiently.

Requirements

Security+ (CE) or GSEC or SSCP
A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 12+ years of relevant experience or an MS with 10+ years of related work experience; extra years of experience may be substituted in absence of a degree
8+ years of experience with systems administration
10+ year’s technical experience of installation, configuration, and security of server environment
Expert knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) System Administrator and Network technologies and protocols

Responsibilities

Recommend and develop solutions for the Hopper Information Services Center (ISC).
Lead and provide System Administration support for LINUX Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Mission Applications.
Install, configure, administer, support, and maintain systems, including associated hardware.
Manage systems infrastructures.
Identify and implement best practices.
Recommend system functional specifications.
Configure virtual and physical systems.
Perform backup and recovery of IT systems.
Implement critical patches.
Review system performance logs to identify anomalies and troubleshoot issues.
Ensure all system assets are monitored and in compliance.
Ensure system logs are captured and reviewed.
Ensure correct labeling of objects.
Monitor applications and hardware.
Coordinate across IT domains and several teams to influence leadership regarding solution design, process, and approaches to ensuring Linux systems are updated and working efficiently.
Secure systems so that there is no loss or unknown potential loss of data from mission systems through secure system configurations and established backups of systems, system configurations, and resident data.
Plan and organize all maintenance activities to minimize the disruption of Hopper systems usage.
Provide suggestions necessary to update applications that require OS Updates, other updates, or addressing requests for new functionalities from users.
Analyze systems and provide a white paper with suggestions and specifications for the replacement of system hardware.
Manage the everyday responsibilities of your teams and ensure that all deliverables and tasking are completely addressed.
Troubleshoot and solve system-related incidents that are either detected during monitoring or are reported by the system users.