Senior Linux Systems Administrator

$87,100 - $157,450/Yr

Leidos - Huntsville, AL

Full-time - Mid Level

Huntsville, AL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Linux Systems Administrator will support the FBI's cross domain system (CDS) to ensure secure access to sensitive law enforcement and intelligence data. This role involves providing Operations & Maintenance support for existing CDS systems, including the deployment of new systems, integration of technologies, and troubleshooting data flows. The candidate will work closely with the customer and the CDS staff, responding to critical system incidents and maintaining a continuous presence at designated FBI processing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage systems in a VMWare environment
• Install COTS/GOTS and custom software, firmware updates, operating system patches of CDS guards, and antivirus software updates
• Monitor the systems for possible system problems
• Resolve system problems by analyzing the problem for resolution paths, implementing solutions, and/or working with vendors to resolve issues
• Respond and resolve incident tickets within required response times
• Run scripts to gather production system metrics and statistics
• Set-up/maintain user accounts
• Support system security vulnerability scan activities
• Participate in program standup meetings to discuss system status, technical issues, or coordinate production system changes.

Requirements

• BS degree and 8 - 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 - 10 years of prior relevant experience
• Linux system administration experience demonstrated in a large complex enterprise environment
• Understanding of and/or experience in network administration, installation of networking appliances, cabling and cable termination in a large enterprise IT environment
• Demonstrated ability to stay organized, follow written instructions or technical guides, and able to prioritize tasks to maintain, deploy IT systems
• Ability to provide and support data center activities including, but not limited to, rack and stacking equipment, pull cable, and terminating cables
• Experience with Virtual Environment administration
• Ability to quickly adapt to new system environments and interface with systems
• Ability to work independently and at times as only Leidos representative working directly with customer IT team
• Follow change management processes, which may include updating technical documentation
• Demonstrate good judgement and written/verbal communications
• Ability to lift up to 35lbs multiple times on a daily basis.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in testing complex IT systems
• Experience in system integration, test, debug of COTS/GOTS systems
• Experience with Virtual Environment administration, specifically the installation, configuration, and management of Type 1 hypervisors (ESXi, KVM, others)
• Proficiency in installing, hardening, patching, backup and restore of Linux systems
• Experience with system hardening (STIGS)
• Experience with or familiarity with Apache Nifi (Niagrafiles)
• Experience in networking, particularly system integration of physical/virtual servers with routers and firewalls in current data center environments
• Integration of one or more cross domain products (guards, one-way transfers, multi-level access solutions)
• Ability to perform bare metal server builds, backup/restore
• Integrating with typical IT support infrastructure services: LDAP, Active Directory, log archive
• Various security products, security architecture, security assessment tools, and information assurance standards
• Small scale development of script level routines: languages (shell script, Perl)