System Administrator

Job Description:

System Administrator with an understanding in working in Agile Project management and/or Development Operations environments and to support a Department of Defense research lab.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

· Design and implement computer and information networks (physical and virtual), such as local area networks (LAN/VLAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks.

· Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning.

· Configure and maintain Cisco VPN enabled network

· Research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.

· Serve as an administrator in an enclave leveraging various Linux/Unix based operating systems.

· Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux/Unix servers to ensure optimal system performance, security, and reliability.

· Develop and implement scripts for automating system administration tasks, including backups, monitoring, and updates.

· Able to work independently with limited direction and be self-motivated.

· Able to work with other contractor teammates and customers daily.

· Able to work closely with customers to ensure deliverables meet their expectations and arrive in a timely manner.

· Support software developers in building and integrating software solutions to requirements-based development efforts by maintaining development environment and network.

· Creating and documenting test cases to ensure functional and security requirements are met by developer software in order to support functional and security audits.

· Attend and actively participate in team meetings.

· Apply software patches to network assets in response to vulnerability findings.

THIS POSITION REQUIRES AN ACTIVE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE or HIGHER.

Required Skills & Experience:

· Possess an active security clearance (Minimum Secret)

· Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field.

· Citrix hypervisor experience (or other vmware experience),

· Networked Attached Storage (NAS) knowledge/experience

· Familiar with various Firewall configurations (iptables or similar) and experience with implementing.

· Experience in operating system administration, especially Linux (Debian, Ubuntu etc.).

· Proficiency with scripting languages, ideally Linux scripting and/or Python.

· Proficient with ACAS and SCAP