Linux System Administrator (TS/SCI CI POLY)

IBM - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Chantilly, VA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Mid-Level Linux System Administrator will support the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community by facilitating data sharing through the Common Data Fabric (CDF). This role involves working with a web application development team to build and maintain AWS environments, ensuring efficient full-stack deployments using DevOps best practices. The position focuses on automating manual processes related to data policy and data sharing agreements, ultimately enhancing information accessibility for systems and machines.

Responsibilities

• Support the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community by facilitating data sharing using the Common Data Fabric (CDF).
• Work alongside a web application development team to build and maintain AWS environments for full-stack deployments.
• Implement DevOps best practices in the deployment process.
• Automate manual processes for capturing data policy and generating data sharing agreements (DSAs).
• Enable self-service CDF onboarding for new IC data providers and consumers.

Requirements

• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certifications (e.g., CompTia Security+).
• Experience administering and troubleshooting web applications and networks on a Linux system (preferably RHEL or CentOS in an AWS environment).
• Experience performing security hardening of a Linux system to implement NIST 800-53 security controls.
• Experience implementing and troubleshooting PKI for web application endpoints (TLS).
• Experience managing full stack nodejs/react/database/nosql applications and databases deployed using Docker containers.
• Active TS/SCI CI Poly clearance.

Nice-to-haves

• Current or recent status as a Privileged User in an IC environment.
• Hands-on experience assisting with the ATO approval process.
• Software development and/or scripting experience with Bash and languages such as Perl, Python, NodeJS, etc.
• Experience with software configuration tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.).