Lab Manager - III 26

Base One Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Base One Technologies seeks an experienced Linux Systems Administrator to oversee RHEL environments across development, lab, and production systems. The role involves large-scale configuration management and deployment across Windows, MacOS, and Linux/Unix environments to support TEN infrastructures.

You will develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and automate provisioning, while configuring Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for large-scale deployment and compliance enforcement.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance required; TS/SCI preferred.
• 5+ years of Linux System Administration experience.
• 3+ years of Splunk Enterprise administration and log ingestion.
• 3+ years of Ansible automation experience (Ansible Core or Ansible Tower/AAP).
• Ability to collaborate across physical locations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee RHEL environments across development, lab, and production systems.
• Perform large scale configuration management and deployment across Windows, MacOS, Linux/Unix, and other OSes and VMs.
• Support implementation of new technologies and equipment in the lab environment.
• Provide ongoing systems administration, upgrades, patching and troubleshooting services.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and workflows for deployment and provisioning.
• Configure and maintain Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for large-scale provisioning and compliance.
• Administer Splunk Enterprise/Cloud for monitoring and analytics.
• Implement security controls including STIGs, access management and audit configurations.

Skills

Linux admin

Splunk admin

Ansible

DoD clearance

Team collaboration

Education

BS Computer Science or related degree

HS Diploma +7y lab management

Tools

Splunk Enterprise

Ansible Tower/AAP

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

RHEL

Job description

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Linux Systems Administrator overseeing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments across development, lab, and production systems.


• Perform large scale configuration management and deployment across Windows, MacOS, Linux/Unix, and other operating systems and virtual environments to support the TEN infrastructures.


• Supporting the implementation of new technologies and equipment in the lab environment.


• Providing ongoing systems administration, technical support, upgrades, patching and troubleshooting services


• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and workflows to automate application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.


• Configure, deploy, and maintain Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for large-scale provisioning, configuration management, and compliance enforcement.


• Administer and maintain Splunk Enterprise/Splunk Cloud for system monitoring, security analytics, and operational intelligence


• Implement and monitor security controls, including STIG compliance, access management, and audit configurations for Linux and Splunk systems.


• Develop dashboards and alerts in Splunk for proactive system health, performance, and security event monitoring.


• Performing implementation of granular access control, and monitor systems for acceptable performance and user accessibility, establish back-ups, and monitor systems security.


• Troubleshoot and resolve complex storage problems across the enterprise related to storage and replication strategies across local and wide area networks, monitor channels for storage-related network and system issues and remediate them as they occur.


• Examine and identify efficiencies that can be made to existing procedures, with approval from the customer.


• Managing assigned project components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives.


• Advises and provides insight on development of lab standard operating procedures (SOPs) and policies.


• Employ security concepts, theories, insights, tools and methodologies to mitigate system weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Required Skills

• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance, TS/SCI clearance is preferred.


• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.


• 5+ years of directly relevant experience as a Linux System Administrator.


• 3+ years of experience with Splunk Enterprise administration and log ingestion


• 3+ years of experience with Ansible automation (Ansible Core or Ansible Tower/AAP)


• Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations.

Desired Skills

• Experience with writing technical procedures and standard operating procedures.


• Virtualization automation and optimization.


• Experience with multiple operating systems to include Linux/Unix, Windows, MacOS.

Required Education

• BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering or related degree or HS Diploma and 7+ years lab management or systems administration experience.

Desired Certifications

• Notes:

Requires on-site work 2-3 days per week, depending on weekly work requirements.