Linux Systems Administrator

BCMC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Employer-paid health, dental, vision

401k with company match

FSA for dependents

Holidays and leave

Job summary

BCMC is seeking a TEN Lab Manager to support a U.S. Government customer with onsite incident response and lab operations in Arlington, VA.

You will lead Linux systems administration, automate with Ansible, and manage Splunk monitoring in development, lab, and production environments. Requirements include active DoD Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred), 5+ years Linux admin, 3+ years Splunk and Ansible, on-site 2–3 days/week, and DHS suitability.

Qualifications

• Security clearance and U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience administering Linux in RHEL environments across dev, lab, and production.
• Experience with Splunk for monitoring and security analytics.
• Experience with Ansible automation and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Linux Systems Administration across development, lab, and production.
• Perform large-scale configuration management and deployment across multiple OSes.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and workflows.
• Configure and maintain Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for provisioning.
• Administer Splunk Enterprise/Splunk Cloud for monitoring and analytics.
• Implement security controls including STIGs and access management.
• Develop dashboards and alerts in Splunk for health and security.
• Troubleshoot storage and networking issues across enterprise.
• Help establish lab SOPs and policies; advise on procedures.

Skills

U.S. Citizenship

Active DoD Secret clearance

On-site Arlington work

DHS Suitability

Linux System Administration

Splunk Administration

Ansible automation

Collaboration across locations

Education

BS Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Computer Information Systems / Computer Systems Engineering or related degree

HS Diploma with 7+ years lab management or systems administration experience

Tools

Splunk Enterprise / Splunk Cloud

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Windows / MacOS / Linux multi-OS environments

Job description

BCMC is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. We are seeking a Technical Engagement Network (TEN) Lab Manager with experience in Linux, Splunk and Ansible System Administration to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities in the customer environment supporting analysts and business continuity of the customer mission.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead 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 infrastructure.
• 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

• U.S. Citizenship
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance, TS/SCI clearance is preferred.
• Requires on-site work in Arlington, VA 2-3 days per week
• 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

• DoD 8140.01 IAT Level II

Our Company Overview

• Business Computers Management Consulting Group, LLC (BCMC) is a small business specializing in Information Technology (IT), Cybersecurity, Information Assurance (IA), SOA, Big Data Management, Program Management, and more for Federal, State, and Local agencies. We possess highly skilled engineers, providing innovative solutions backed by strong past performances. We are ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, 20000:2018, and CMMI L3 certified and registered promising highest quality and services to all of our clients.

Benefits

• Extremely competitive salary
• 95% employer paid for employee medical, dental, & vision coverages
• 100% employer paid for employee life, STD & LTD disability coverages
• 401k with company match and profit sharing
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for dependent & health care
• 11standard holidays & 3 weeks of annual leave

Lab Manager - III - LMG03 ESS-3282