Systems Administrator

Systems Administrator

Fort Meade, MD

TS/SCI + FS Poly

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What Impact You'll Have:

Tailored Access, a GRVTY Company is seeking Systems Administrators to support Department of Defense/IC missions at Fort Meade, MD. You will be responsible for Linux Systems Administration while supporting IC missions that are vital to our national security.

What You'll be Owning

• Creates, and maintains RedHat Linux virtual machines running in a cloud infrastructure (Amazon AWS).
• Evaluates systems for IAVA compliance and applies necessary security updates/patches.
• Performs command line system administration tasks on virtual machines.
• Handles regular system backups and periodically tests backups for functionality.
• Communicates with developers and dev ops team members to provide system administration support.
• Apply patches and upgrades.
• Troubleshoot server issues.
• Administer customer accounts
• Deploy monitoring tools.
• Deploy applications and tools.
• Assist with escalated customer tickets.
• Installation and cabling of equipment

What You Must Have:

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph (polygraph must be within last 6 years)
• 10 years of systems administration experience OR technical bachelor's degree + 5 years of systems administration experience
• Linux command line system administration (CentOS, RedHat, Amazon Linux, or equivalent)
• Experience applying system updates via yum or equivalent patching repository
• Experience working within a cloud environment a plus (Amazon AWS, Azure, or equivalent cloud infrastructure with virtual machines)
• Experience or knowledge of RedSeal Network Mapping tool a plus
• Knowledge of software deployed on systems a plus but not required (Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, NiFi)

What Would be Nice to Have

• Syslog/NxLog
• Nagios or other similar monitoring applications
• Scripting experience (Python/Perl)

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