Systems Administrator IV (HPC) with Security Clearance

Cornerstone Defense; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 210,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

HSA/FSA

Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Travel Assistance

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking a Systems Administrator IV (HPC) to support high-performance computing environments for a US government client. The role requires active TS/SCI with Polygraph and offers a compensation range of $210,000 to $230,000 annually.

The candidate will install, configure, and maintain multi-vendor HPC servers, manage storage, and ensure enterprise services such as DNS and email operate securely.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 10 years of system administration experience.

Skills

System administration

UNIX/Linux

Networking

Backup & recovery

Security

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

5 years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Red Hat

SUSE Linux

LSF

SLURM

VMware

NFS

GPFS

Lustre

Job description

Title: Systems Administrator IV (HPC) Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

• Clearance:
• Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply
• Compensation Range: $210k - $230k Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV shall have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise. Or the individual shall have five (5) years of full time computer science work that can be substituted for the Bachelor's Degree, and have ten (10) years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a large client-server based IT enterprise. An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year experience. Experience shall include installation, configuration, and networking of UNIX and/or NT based platforms. This experience shall include: creating, modifying and deleting user accounts, performing system back-ups, and maintaining system configuration files. Individual shall have a fundamental understanding of operating systems ad be familiar with either UNIX or NT commands or utilities at the user level. Experience shall include the installation and configuration of hardware, operating systems, and commercial software packages. Individual shall be able to develop and implement enterprise backup/recovery strategies, server configuration and consolidation, and verification of the health and status of the entire IT infrastructure. Individual shall be able to provide support for enterprise services such as DNS, NFS, e-mail services, security protection mechanisms, and the interoperability of UNIX and NT based systems. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV for HPC In addition to the above qualifications, SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR IV FOR HPC must have the following qualifications required by the relevant TTO:
• Installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting and administration of: o Multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, opensource, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements o Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat of SuSe with direct attached, FC SAN storage or SSDs
• Distributing computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM
• HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, Front End servers of Special Purpose devices (SPDs)
• IBM of HP Blade servers with FC/SAS/Network back end
• Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre
• Pre-Factory testing, Factory testing, System integration and Acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HPS systems
• Accepted professional certifications include: o Valid RHCSA or higher red Hat certification o Valid VMWare certification
• IAT Level II Certification Required*
• Candidates with Lustre Experience highly preferred* Benefits Overview : Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Generous PTO Policy
• 401(k)
• HSA and FSA options
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and Training
• Perks at Work Discount Program
• Referral Program
• Leads Generation Program
• CollegeAmerica 529
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Travel Assistance
• Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions
• Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *