Senior System Administrator – Onsite Ft. Meade (TS/SCI)

Assured Information Security, Inc.; Geraghty Village (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) employer match

Job summary

Assured Information Security, Inc. seeks a Senior System Administrator for on-site duties at Ft. Meade, MD. The role requires TS/SCI w/FS Poly and involves administering Red Hat Linux environments, automation, and VMware-based infrastructure.

You will support IT systems, perform capacity planning, patching, and OS hardening while coordinating with agency management. A bachelor’s degree with 10 years’ experience or equivalent is required, with RHCE or equivalent certification within 6 months.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 10 years of experience as a System Administrator OR equivalent combo.
• 5 years' experience with design, plan, installation, configuration and sustainment of a Red Hat Linux (RHEL) environment.
• Creation of automation scripts for configuration, backup, and restoration using Bash/Perl.
• Performing Puppet system administration.
• Installing software from YUM repositories, RPM files, tar-balls, or source code.
• Researching, acquiring, and applying IAVA patches.
• Unix/Linux command line.
• VMWare architecture, installation and configuration; failover with VMotion and templates.
• Salt to manage complex IT environments across multiple OSes.

Responsibilities

• Support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems.
• Manage IT system infrastructure and related processes.
• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 problem identification, diagnosis and resolution.
• Oversee day-to-day operations, monitoring and resolution for devices and networks.
• Optimize system operations and capacity planning.
• Support the dispatch system and hardware problems during resolution.
• Configure and manage UNIX and Windows OS and related software.
• Provide escalation communications to agency management and customers.
• Offer in-depth trouble-shooting of IT systems and detailed feedback.

Skills

RHEL administration

Automation scripting

Puppet

Unix/Linux CLI

VMware virtualization

IAVA patches

OS clustering

SaltStack

NIFI

RHCE certification

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

VMware

YUM/RPM

Tar/Source builds

Job description

Assured Information Security, Inc. seeks a Senior System Administrator for on-site duties at Ft. Meade, MD. The role requires TS/SCI w/FS Poly and involves administering Red Hat Linux environments, automation, and VMware-based infrastructure.

You will support IT systems, perform capacity planning, patching, and OS hardening while coordinating with agency management. A bachelor’s degree with 10 years’ experience or equivalent is required, with RHCE or equivalent certification within 6 months.