Senior Linux & VMware Systems Administrator

ManTech; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a highly motivated Sr. Linux/VMware System Administrator to join our team in Laurel, MD.

You will work with customers, IPTs, and vendors to support Enterprise IT capabilities, security, and data center operations for enterprise services. Key duties include Tier 1/2 incident response, Linux and VMware administration, patching for security findings, STIG remediation, certificate renewal, and implementing automation with Ansible to improve reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant System Administration experience or Associate’s with 15+ years of relevant System Administration experience.
• Senior Linux Systems Administration experience required.
• Experience with VMware, vSphere, and VCF.
• Server and hardware maintenance.
• Knowledge of patching & updating Linux distributions regarding security findings.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution of problems.
• Provide support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring & problem resolution for all client/server/storage/network devices.
• Configure and manage Linux (and possibly Windows) OS installations/patching to maintain security compliance; troubleshoot and enhance reliability and performance.
• Patching and updating Linux distributions regarding security findings.
• Adding / Removing users and setting permissions to meet certain user privileges.
• Working with STIGs and fixing/updating vulnerabilities with STE/STN findings.
• Renew Linux server certificates and applying updates to TLS security versions.
• Working with automation software such as ANSIBLE to streamline updates and patching.

Skills

Senior Linux Systems Administration

VMware vSphere

Ansible automation

Security compliance (STIGs)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Associate’s degree in related field

Tools

VMware vSphere

VMware Cloud Foundations (VCF)

Ansible

Nagios

Job description

MANTECH seeks a highly motivated Sr. Linux/VMware System Administrator to join our team in Laurel, MD.

You will work with customers, IPTs, and vendors to support Enterprise IT capabilities, security, and data center operations for enterprise services. Key duties include Tier 1/2 incident response, Linux and VMware administration, patching for security findings, STIG remediation, certificate renewal, and implementing automation with Ansible to improve reliability and performance.