Senior Linux & VMware Systems Administrator (TS/SCI)

MANTECH; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH in Laurel, MD seeks a motivated Sr. Linux/VMware System Administrator to join our Enterprise Infrastructure Services team. You will work with customers, IPTs, and vendors to implement and secure advanced EIT capabilities within Data Center & Compute Services.

The role requires senior Linux administration, VMware (vSphere/VCF), patching for security, and experience with automation (Ansible). TS/SCI with poly is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant System Administration experience OR Associate degree with 15 years of relevant System Administration experience.
• Senior level Linux Systems Administration experience is required.
• Experience with VMware, vSphere, and VCF (VMware Cloud Foundations).
• Server and Hardware maintenance; knowledge of patching & updating Linux distributions for security findings.
• Familiarity with STIGs and vulnerability remediation.

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, etc.
• Configure and manage Linux, and possibly Windows operating systems, installs/loads OS software and patches to maintain security compliance.
• 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

Linux Systems Administration

VMware vSphere

VCF

Linux patching

Ansible

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate degree

Tools

Nagios

ANSIBLE

Job description

MANTECH in Laurel, MD seeks a motivated Sr. Linux/VMware System Administrator to join our Enterprise Infrastructure Services team. You will work with customers, IPTs, and vendors to implement and secure advanced EIT capabilities within Data Center & Compute Services.

The role requires senior Linux administration, VMware (vSphere/VCF), patching for security, and experience with automation (Ansible). TS/SCI with poly is required.