Linux Systems Administrator
Equiliem
Lexington, MA
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Our client is looking for a Secret Cleared Linux Systems Administrator to support their team onsite in Lexington, MA.
Candidates must hold an ACTIVE Secret clearance or above
Job Functions
Candidates must hold an ACTIVE Secret clearance or above
Job Functions
- 5+ years of Linux administration experience
- Domains: IT Infrastructure, Networking, system configuration management, system troubleshooting.
- Responsible for management, administration, and support of all MIT/LL IT systems’ infrastructure in Group.
- Support additional technologies as they are adopted by the Laboratory.
- Responsible for vulnerability remediation on secure and unclassified Laboratory systems. Addressing Cat 1, 2, 3 issues in a timely manner
- Recognizing and troubleshooting issues with developer’s machines as they occur across a variety of Operating Systems. Windows, Linux, etc.
- Perform all related duties as assigned.
- Operating Systems: RedHat Enterprise Linux, VMware
- Hardware: Dell
- Software/applications: RedHat Satellite, McAfee; Enterprise Central Logging/Splunk, LDAP, VMware vCenter/ESXI/vSAN, Gitlab.
- Networking applications and protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, SSH, FTP and HTTP/S.
- Programming Languages: Ansible, Shell Scripting, PowerShell or Bash.
- Skilled at centralized authentication (SSSD, IDM, Active Directory) and centralized sudo administration via IDM
- Responsible for configuring and maintaining (physical and virtual) servers and researcher workstations
- Install, update, and troubleshoot systems/servers.
- Develop and document systems administration standard operating procedures.
- Plan, execute, and verify data redundancy and system recovery procedures.
- Conduct periodic system maintenance including cleaning (both physically and electronically), disk checks, routine reboots, data dumps, and testing.
- Provide ongoing optimization and problem-solving support
- Experience managing classified IT systems, STIGs, SCAPS, RMF. This experience is a bonus
- Certification(s) in one or more of the following disciplines: Red Hat, VMWare, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); CompTIA Security+; Linux Professional Institute Certification. Candidate will be required to obtain a CompTIA Security+ certification within 3-6 months of starting if they do not have one when assignment begins.
- Experience managing system/server resources including performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability.
- Mac experience
- Experience with virtual machines. (e.g., VMWare vSphere, Citrix XenDesktop/Server, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, etc.).
- Network administration experience is also desirable which includes managing data center and small network configurations: switches, routers, firewalls, modern software management and monitoring tools, some knowledge of automation technique.
- Experience maintaining directory services. (e.g., Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP, etc.).
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