Senior UNIX System Engineer

Integral Consulting Services

Radford (VA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

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Life Insurance

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Job summary

Integral is seeking a Senior UNIX System Engineer in Radford, VA to oversee a mixed Linux/Solaris environment for PL ALTESS. You will manage servers, implement hardware/software upgrades, and enforce security and operations standards.

Requirements include 5+ years in UNIX/IT, DoD Secret clearance, YUM/RPM patching, network and security hardening, and strong collaboration with the UNIX team.

Qualifications

Five or more years' experience as a Unix Systems Administrator or IT Engineer with automation experience.
Three or more years' experience in patch management with YUM and RPM.
Three or more years' experience in a complex network environment with VLANs; familiarity with ifconfig, netstat, ssh, telnet; and firewall hardening (firewalld/iptables).
Three or more years' experience managing a large pool of local users via the command line.
Three or more years' experience creating and maintaining SOPs for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and problem resolution.
Three or more years' experience configuring DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.
Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

Work with the UNIX team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment.
Plan, execute and implement new system hardware and software; create and maintain team instructions, SOPs, and policies as needed.
Monitor and tune system performance; ensure ongoing operation, hardening, and reporting of security and operational status.
Recommend improvements to the enterprise and manage new software/hardware integrations while providing utilization reports.
Support lifecycle of the mixed vendor environment in the datacenter, including firmware control and preventive maintenance.
Propose, demonstrate, and implement technologies to expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency of the current environment.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Excellent communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

CE Certification (RedHat)

Job description

Position Title

Senior UNIX System Engineer

Location

US-Virginia-Radford

Job ID

5471

# of Openings

Category

Information Technology

Clearance

Secret

Clearance Status

Active

Type

Regular Full-Time

Overview

The Senior UNIX System Engineer is responsible for the performance and oversight of the mixed and growing environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Oracle Enterprise Linux and Solaris UNIX requirements for the U.S. Army Product Lead Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services (PL ALTESS).

Responsibilities

Work with the existing UNIX team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment.
Plan, execute and implement new system HW and SW and create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures and policies as needed.
Adept at 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.
Provide support towards the lifecycle of a mixed environment of vendor equipment in the datacenter to include firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance.
Need to be able to recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to help expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency to the current environment.

Qualifications

Required

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.
Five or more years' experience as a Unix Systems Administrator or IT Engineer with experience in automating assigned tasks.
Three or more years' experience in patch management with understanding how to apply security updates to systems via YUM and RPM.
Three or more 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.
Three or more years' experience managing a large pool of local users through the use of the command line.
Three or more years' experience creating, maintaining, following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
Three or more years' experience configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.
Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player with excellent communication and team skills.
Active DOD Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience.
Three or more 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.

Company Overview

Integral partners with federal defense, intelligence, and civilian leaders to tackle their most important challenges and deliver positive outcomes. Since our founding in 1998, we have helped clients leverage existing and emerging technologies to transform their enterprises, empower growth, drive innovation, and build sustainable success. The forward-leaning solutions we deliver are tailored to each mission with a focus on keeping our nation safe and secure.

Integral is headquartered in McLean, VA and serves clients throughout the country.

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package including paid parental leave and immediate vesting in our 401(k). Give us a try and become part of a curated group of professionals at Integral Federal!

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