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 Linux System Administrator role at IBM involves supporting the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community by facilitating data sharing through the Common Data Fabric (CDF). This mid-level position requires collaboration with a web application development team to maintain AWS environments and implement DevOps best practices, ultimately improving data accessibility and automating processes related to data sharing agreements.

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 management of AWS environments.
• 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.).