Linux Systems Administrator

Overview

Location: Wright Patterson AFB, OH

Clearance Required:  Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**

Certification Required:CompTIA - Security+ CE - RHEL or Linux

 

At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space. 

 

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business?  Do you have a desire to change how people work?  Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a Linux Systems Administrator on the UDS contract at NGA.

Responsibilities

What you get to do every day:

• You will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for a range of HPC solutions and apply your systems administrative expertise to configure these resources for the computational demands of emerging workloads that are critical to the customers. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. When we succeed, you succeed and together our best becomes better.
• Your duties will include, but not be limited to:
  • Provide system administration support for Linux operating systems including installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, monitoring performance, and troubleshooting alerts from monitoring tools. 4
  • Analyzes and resolves problems associated with the operating system, servers, hardware, and applications software. Detects, diagnoses, and reports related problems on servers, including system failure analysis and recovery, insuring the consistency and integrity of file systems.
  • In-depth hardware configuration knowledge, shell programming expertise, and a solid understanding of standard concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, performs a variety of tasks, and works under general supervision.
  • Responsible for daily monitoring of interface programs between multiple enterprise systems; review daily logs and ensure successful completion.
  • Perform incremental and full cold backups/patching.
  • Responsible for DoD Linux Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
  • Provide performance metrics and usage charts, including CPU usage, disk usage and network uptime for the Linux Servers.
  • Provide general maintenance, upgrades, and new installation of servers and coordinate with data center personnel to execute. Document and generate business processes for day-to-day and emergency support procedures.
  • Install, test, and verify Linux Security patches; coordinating, documenting requirements and timelines, and working closely with service owners.
  • Perform systems security administration functions, including creation and maintenance of customer profiles and accounts.
  • Responsible for creating and/or maintaining standard operating procedures for the Linux documentation library.
  • Implement, configure, update, and maintain servers via Ansible.
  • Implement, configure, update, and maintain STIGs for servers and workstations.
  • Implement, configure, update, and maintain the Linux operating system firewall.
  • Experience in handling NFS, CIFS, and SMB permissions.

Qualifications

Clearance Required: Active TS clearance (with SCI Eligibility) and eligibility to obtain CI Poly **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**

 

Certification Required: CompTIA - Security+ CE - RHEL or Linux

 

Education/Experience:

• Requires Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of years of experience and education
• 8+ years of experience

Required Skills:

• Linux Administration, Complex Systems, High-Performance Computing (HPC) Systems, Management Tools, Systems Engineering
• Experience managing RHEL Linux servers
• Highly versed in Linux administration and best practices
• Familiar with enterprise network architectures
• Experience with automated configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
• Familiar in programming/scripting skills for automation (Bash, Ruby, Python, Perl, etc.)
• General understanding of Linux internals (system calls, file systems, processes, etc.)
• General understanding of TCP/IP and related protocols (HTTP, FTP, NFS, etc.)
• Excellent problem solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities, including understanding user requirements, troubleshooting technical issues, resolving issues and challenges, and developing creative solutions for process improvement.
• Dependability, in that the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve.
• Must have customer service experience as this position will require candidate to engage with senior military and government leadership. 
• Must be able to engage with stakeholders to ensure tasks are progressing and meeting timelines.
• Excellent communication, documentation, organization and teamwork skills
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

What is ideal?

• Intelligence Community Experience preferred

What you can expect from us

• Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by bcore through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
• You’ll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more!
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements.

BCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law..