Solaris & Linux Systems Administrator - TS/SCI

Piper Companies; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Piper Companies is seeking a Solaris & Linux System Administrator to support a secure government contracting environment focused on enterprise infrastructure, storage, backup, vulnerability management, and system security operations.

The Solaris & Linux System Administrator will administer production Solaris and Linux environments, manage IBM Enterprise Storage, Veritas NetBackup, patching, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening in compliance with security frameworks; ensuring stability

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years Solaris System Administration experience.
• 3+ years Linux System Administration experience in enterprise environments.
• Active CompTIA Security+ certification.
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance.
• Experience with IBM Enterprise Storage systems.
• Strong knowledge of Veritas NetBackup administration and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Administer Solaris and Linux systems in a production enterprise environment.
• Manage IBM Enterprise Storage solutions for high availability and performance.
• Configure and troubleshoot Veritas NetBackup environments for backup/recovery.
• Apply OS patches and manage packages via YUM.
• Conduct vulnerability scans and remediate using Nessus and related tools.
• Support STE/STIN processes and security compliance programs.
• Implement system hardening and security controls per policies.
• Monitor system health and drive performance improvements.
• Collaborate with teams on upgrades, audits, and incident response.
• Create and maintain operational documentation and automation scripts.

Skills

Solaris administration

Linux administration

Vulnerability remediation

Backup and recovery

Scripting (Bash/Python)

System hardening

Documentation & communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

IBM Enterprise Storage

OLVM

RHEL/CentOS

Veritas NetBackup

Nessus

Puppet

Job description

Piper Companies is seeking a Solaris & Linux System Administrator to support a secure government contracting environment focused on enterprise infrastructure, storage, backup, vulnerability management, and system security operations.

The Solaris & Linux System Administrator will administer production Solaris and Linux environments, manage IBM Enterprise Storage, Veritas NetBackup, patching, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening in compliance with security frameworks; ensuring stability