Senior Linux Systems Administrator — TS/SCI w/ Poly

Shield Consulting Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 235,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days PTO

11 paid holidays

Employer-paid healthcare for employees

Employer-paid healthcare for dependots

401(k) with 8% match, immediate vest

Job summary

Shield Consulting Solutions seeks a highly experienced System Administrator to support a large-scale Linux environment. You will install COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, run day-to-day operations, monitor systems, and resolve issues across compute, network, memory, and storage.

A TS/SCI with polygraph clearance is required. Responsibilities include preserving system security integrity, configuring network components, and implementing OS enhancements to boost reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Security+ certification is required.
• 15 years of experience as a System Administrator.
• Degree may be substituted with 5 additional years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for a large-scale Linux system, including installation of COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for compute, network, memory, and storage components.
• Maintain system security integrity, configure network components, and implement OS enhancements to improve reliability and performance.

Skills

Linux CLI

Bash/Python scripting

Large-scale Linux cluster admin

Red Hat Satellite

Splunk

VMware ESXi

SaltStack / Ansible (Infrastructure as

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Weka / CEPH / GPFS / HDFS

Jira / Confluence

Job description

Shield Consulting Solutions seeks a highly experienced System Administrator to support a large-scale Linux environment. You will install COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, run day-to-day operations, monitor systems, and resolve issues across compute, network, memory, and storage.

A TS/SCI with polygraph clearance is required. Responsibilities include preserving system security integrity, configuring network components, and implementing OS enhancements to boost reliability and performance.