Linux Systems Administrator IV - DAn Solutions
Herndon, VA
About the Job
REQUIRES AN ACTIVE/EXISTING TS/SCI WITH CI POLY - NO REMOTE WORK
Work performed in a SCIF. Telework not available for this position.
Seeking a Linux Systems Administrator IV candidate to support an Intelligence Community customer in the Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring systems are fully operating at high availability, rapidly troubleshooting and resolving systems issues, and handling tickets and calls from the customer. The candidate will work closely with government Customers, contractor Project Lead, Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), Application Vendor, and Application End Users.
The candidate will perform daily system monitoring and monthly Patching. The candidate will troubleshoot network and application performance issues and recommend appropriate action. The candidate when tasked, will rapidly troubleshoot issues, resolving systems issues via a ticketing tracking system. If systems issues and circumstances warrant it, the candidate must also be willing to report to customer location during off-hours. The candidate will be responsible for deploying software patches on a monthly basis at the customer location during off-hours. The candidate must understand system hardening and security through the implementation of Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and Patching. The candidate needs to have familiarity with Oracle databases environments on Windows and CentOS servers.
The candidate will be responsible for creating or revising existing documentation. The candidate must be able to communicate complex system configurations simply and clearly in documentation. The candidate will create/revise, but not limited to, the documentation as follows: daily standard operating procedures (SOP), Security Test Procedures (STP) based off a Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM), System Install Procedures (SIP), System Administration Guide (SAG), System User Manual (SUM), and/or Interface Control Document (ICD).
Required Qualifications:
• Must be a US Citizen; and have a TS/SCI clearance adjudication, and ability to pass a CI poly
• Must have a Bachelor's degree in an applicable to the positions and at least 8 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• A minimum 5 years of experience with systems administration, at least 3 of which must be Linux Admin.
• Strong experience with Unix, Linux and CentOS operating systems. Must be comfortable administering from the command line.
• Experience with Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud experience
• Experience with VMWare
• Active Security+ (DoD 8570 Baseline certification for IAT Level II)
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to anticipate problems & take decisive action
Desired Qualifications:
• Exhibit leadership skills
• Familiar with Microsoft Windows 2016 or higher
• Familiar with Oracle SQL Server
• Familiar with Tomcat 8.5 or higher
• Familiar with JAVA Open JDK/JRE 11+
• Experience maintaining applications built on a SQL Server database in an Oracle environment.
• Experience writing scripts to monitor system services, resources, data mine logs, etc.
• Experience writing/Editing PowerShell Scripts
• Experience writing SQL and PL/SQL queries to generate system data reports, modify data as necessary, etc.