Senior UNIX/Linux System Engineer

Sev1Tech LLC; Fort Bragg (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sev1Tech LLC is seeking a Unix/Linux Systems Administrator for its Fort Bragg location. This role involves supporting a mixed customer environment by maintaining servers, implementing new systems, and ensuring security compliance. Candidates must have a minimum of five years' experience and a DoD Secret Security Clearance.

The position offers a salary range of $100,000 to $140,000 based on qualifications and experience, along with opportunities for professional growth in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years' experience as a Unix/Linux Systems Administrator or IT Engineer.
• Strong experience with patch management and applying security updates.
• Experience managing complex network environments with VLANs.

Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain, and support servers in a mixed environment.
• Plan and implement new system hardware and software.
• Monitor and tune system performance and security.

Skills

Active DoD Secret Security Clearance

CompTIA Security+

Experience in Computer Science or IT

Excellent communication and team skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Tools

YUM

RPM

ifconfig

netstat

ssh

telnet

firewalld

iptables

Job description

Position is contingent upon contract award and funding.

The Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Working with the existing UNIX/Linux team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment
• Planning, executing, and implementing new system Hardware and Software and create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures and policies as needed
• Monitoring and tuning system performance, ongoing operation of the servers, hardening of the servers and reporting of the overall security and operational status
• Recommend improvements to the enterprise and manage new SW/HW integrations when required while also providing utilization reports using existing tools to identify problems and corrective actions as needed
• Excellent communication and team skills
• Provide support toward the lifecycle of a mixed environment of vendor equipment in the data center to include firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance
• Be able to recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to help expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency to the current environment

Salary range: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00

Minimum Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance
• CompTIA Security+
• Experience in Computer Science or IT
• Computing Environment (CE) Certification (i.e., RedHat) – can be waived for 30 days after project join date
• Minimum five years' experience as a Unix/Linux Systems Administrator or IT Engineer with experience in automating assigned tasks
• Minimum three years’ experience in patch management with understanding how to apply security updates to systems via YUM and RPM
• Minimum three years’ experience working in an environment with complex networks while demonstrating experience using VLANs, troubleshooting tools such as ifconfig, netstat, ssh and telnet as well as how to harden a system using firewalld/iptables and hosts
• Minimum three years’ experience managing a large pool of local users through the use of the command line
• Minimum three years' experience creating, maintaining, following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution
• Minimum three years’ experience configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP
• Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience
• Minimum three years’ experience with SELinux – understand the basic and advanced management and configuration of SELinux
• Experience supporting Cybersecurity patch management and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), Security Requirement Guides (SRG), RMF, Security Control Assessor-Validator (SCA-V), and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA)
• Experience deploying large scale HW and SW systems enhancements and/or upgrades for an organization with widely distributed geographic sites
• Experience with current and emerging network and infrastructure management technologies and business practices

Entarian is an Equal Opportunity and Affimitive Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.