Linux Systems Administrator

Peraton; Utah; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Clearfield, Utah seeks a Linux System Administrator to support environmental information management and compliance enterprise software solutions.

The role involves architecture guidance, deployments, and coordination with data center operations, ensuring security updates and certification requirements are met. Onsite work five days a week; DoD environment experience and US citizenship are required.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Linux server environments and RHEL.
• Experience with security updates, patches, and compliance.
• Willingness to obtain CISSP certification and work onsite.

Responsibilities

• Advise on architecture decisions for middle-tier changes.
• Evaluate new technologies and viable solutions.
• Collaborate with data center and infra teams for deployments and documentation.
• Maintain multiple environments with security changes and vendor updates.
• Perform builds and deployments for testing releases and CM in dev.
• Support development, implementation, and help-desk teams locally and remotely.
• Stand up, backup, tune, and secure systems incl. servers, middle-tier, databases, LDAP, HTTP, firewalls, and network devices.

Skills

Linux administration

RHEL

Shell scripting

SQL familiarity

Database administration

CISSP certification

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

HS Diploma

Tools

Git

Oracle Database

SAP Business Objects

Apache Tomcat

Apache HTTP Server

NTP server

IPSEC firewall

Postfix

Dovecot

Job description

Overview

Peraton is seeking a Linux System Administrator to support environmental information management and compliance enterprise software solutions. This position is in Clearfield, Utah.

Responsibilities

• Provide input and guidance on architecture decisions related to middle-tier changes
• Evaluate new technologies, determine viability of solutions and make recommendations
• Partner with data center operations and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless deployments, proper documentation and support for applications
• Maintain multiple environments, keeping them in step with security changes and patches, including operating systems, databases, and all vendor updates, while adhering to certification standards and change procedures
• Perform builds and deployments in support of testing upcoming releases, including submitted changes and duties related to configuration management in a development environment
• Support development teams, implementation teams and help-desk teams with requested issues, both local and remote to the site
• Stand up, maintain, backup, tune, and secure required systems for any environment. This includes physical and virtual servers, operating systems, middle-tier software, database software and data, LDAP servers, HTTP servers, firewall, proxy servers, printers, routers, switches, and all other components of a sub-net and the accompanying security
• Occasionally provide after-hours or weekend troubleshooting support to address urgent issues in the production deployment of a web-based application used by over 150,000 DoD employees

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 2 years of experience or 6 years with a HS Degree/Diploma
• Understanding of Linux operating system administration in server environments
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux server (RHEL)
• Linux-based shell scripting experience
• Some SQL familiarity
• Experience maintaining databases
• Has, or is capable and motivated to obtain the CISSP certification
• Must be able to work onsite 5 days a week
• Must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to manage/administer one or more of the following within a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server-based environment: Git administration and use
• Oracle Database installation and administration
• SAP Business Objects installation and administration
• Apache Tomcat middle-tier application server administration
• Apache HTTP server administration
• NTP server
• IPSEC firewall
• Java application builds and deployments to Tomcat
• Postfix and Dovecot E-Mail server administration
• Spam and anti-virus filtering software