Senior System Administrator -Linux - Top SECRET - REMOTE-ONSITE

VISUAL SOFT, INC; Winchester (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 3 weeks

Floating holidays

Public holidays

Health insurance 50% covered

Dental insurance 50% covered

Life insurance at no cost

STD/LTD

401k with 4% match

Profit sharing

Dependent coverage optional

Job summary

Visual Soft, Inc. in Winchester, VA seeks a Senior System Administrator - Linux to manage Linux-based workstations and servers in AWS. The role requires TOP SECRET clearance and is fully onsite with hybrid remote arrangement: 3 days remote, 2 days onsite.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience, strong performance tuning, backups, and vendor-standard procedures. We offer extensive benefits including PTO, holidays, 401k match, and health/dental coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience in AWS environments.
• Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining operating systems on workstations and servers.
• Strong performance tuning and monitoring.
• Backup and disaster recovery planning and execution.
• Develops and enforces standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain OS on workstations and servers, including web servers.
• Perform software installations and upgrades; schedule and document them.
• Monitor and tune systems for optimum performance.
• Ensure data integrity; implement data backup and archiving solutions.
• Audit hardware/software and enforce configuration standards.
• Maintain OS/hardware configuration documentation.

Skills

Linux administration

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years

Job description

• Winchester, VA

Job Title

Senior System Administrator - Linux

Location

Winchester, VA - REMOTE (3 days)/ONSITE (2 days)

Salary

based on experience on other qualifications. OR 1099 is also available only for individuals NOT C2C scenario, check will be issued in legal name

Clearance

TOP SECRET is a must and job is fully ONSITE

Education

Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior System Administrator - Linux in AWS environment with following job responsibilities:

• Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining operating system workstations and servers, including web servers, in support of business processing requirements.
• Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages. Schedules installations and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
• Monitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum performance levels.
• Ensures workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions.
• Ensures data/media recoverability by implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations. Develops and promotes standard operating procedures.
• Conducts routine hardware and software audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
• Develops and maintains a comprehensive operating system hardware and software configuration database/library of all supporting documentation.

Standard benefits

• Our standard benefits include 3 weeks of Paid time off (PTO that includes sick leave).
• Any unused PTO will be issued as a check at the end of an employee's anniversary with us.
• we also provide 2 floating and 8 public holidays.
• Floating and holidays expire at the end of every year of service of an employee.
• In addition, company will cover 50% of health and dental insurances only for all full time employees, however, dependents can be added at extra cost.
• Employee's health and dental coverage becomes effective after 30 days or first of the month after an employee completes initial 30 working days, we cover 50% for the employee's health and dental insurances.
• An employee has to finish all of your paper work for health and dental in the first 30 days of your employment with us.
• We provide STD, LTD and one time salary equivalent of life insurance at NO cost to all full time employees.
• All full time employees or w-2 employees with no benefits will be eligible to participate in company's 401k program after 90 days of employment with a company match of 4%, immediate vesting.
• In addition, all w-2 employees are eligible to be part of company's profit sharing, no employee contributions required.