Systems Admin Sr Prin
About The Position
In support of the Army Research Laboratory DoW Supercomputing Resource Center (ARL-DSRC), BAE Systems provides program management and technical support necessary to advance services, capabilities, infrastructure, and technologies. BAE Systems is seeking a SME Linux Administrator to lead a team of administrators with standard Linux system administration duties at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The selected candidate will perform standard Linux System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux based application and license servers, virtual machines, and cluster based systems. Coordination with network administrators is required. Additional duties: Setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space. Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources. Participating in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our HPC systems and software environment. Assisting with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques. Lead a team of five System Administrators of various skill-sets including prioritizing work loads, representing team during status calls, and promoting growth among your direct reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 7 - 10+ years of experience (additional experience may be substituted for the degree)
- DoD 8570 certification - Security + and OS cert (Linux+ CE, RedHat, etc. -- 90 day waiver may be provided to obtain the OS certification)
- Willingness to occasionally work after hours and/or respond to emergency situations for problem resolution
- General knowledge of Linux and general Unix operating systems concepts as well as systems administration experience
- Ability to develop and maintain documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks
- Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation of the Information System
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Puppet or Ansible and designing play books from scratch.
- Experience with automation / scripting.
- In depth experience of VMWare, ESXi, and hypervisor technologies.
- Experience with Storage Architectures: SAN, SAS, Fiber Channel, SATA
- Familiar in multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.
- Security implementations using multi-factor authentication, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix OS hardening to DoW STIG standards.
- Experience programming or troubleshooting Python code
- Experience with supporting Apache Web Server
- Experience with Zabbix
- Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager
- Experience with BIND DNS
Responsibilities
- Perform standard Linux System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux based application and license servers, virtual machines, and cluster based systems.
- Coordinate with network administrators.
- Set up administrator and service accounts.
- Maintain system documentation.
- Tune system performance.
- Install system wide software and allocate mass storage space.
- Develop and monitor policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
- Participate in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our HPC systems and software environment.
- Assist with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques.
- Lead a team of five System Administrators of various skill-sets including prioritizing work loads, representing team during status calls, and promoting growth among your direct reports.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health savings accounts
- a 401(k) savings plan
- disability coverage
- life and accident insurance
- employee assistance program
- legal plan
- discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- paid parental leave
- paid military leave
- paid bereavement leave
- any applicable federal and state sick leave
- company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
