DoD Linux System Administrator with Security Clearance - Richardson, TX, United States - Associates Systems LLC

Description

All qualified candidates will hear a response with in 24 hours #CJ TS/SCI w/ CI POLY Linux System Administrator As a System administrator, you will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining system health and security posture, directly supporting customer mission-critical capabilities
You will work closely with Avalanche program developers and system engineers, as well as engineers on other programs that provide capabilities hosted in the Avalanche-supported environment, to research issues, determine root causes and implement solutions to system problems
The Avalanche program employs Agile methodology in managing work
This position requires US Citizenship with a current TS/SCI with CI Poly Government Security Clearance

Required Skills:

• 6 years of experience directly related to Linux System Administration, including installation and maintenance of software and hardware
• Experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux server (RHEL 6 & 7) based systems with minimal support, to include patching, creating RPM packages, performance tuning, networking, user management, and security
• Experience with BASH scripting
• Experienced using Jira, Ansible, and Red Hat IPA Server
• In-depth experience with the deployment and administration of systems in Amazon Web Services (AWS)/Commercial Cloud Services (C2S)
• Experience using Agile/Scrum development methodology (SAFe, Scrum, Khanban)
• Must be able to support occasional after hour maintenance
• Must have an active CompTIA Security+ or equivalent IA Level II Certification or higher
• Experience with configuration and maintenance of a Kubernetes or similar containerized environment
• AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification
• Experience administering Amazon Linux servers (Amazon Linux 1 and 2)
• Experience with operating system, security, and application logging technologies

Desired Skills:

• Proficiency with Enterprise level administration of common services such as DNS, sendmail, and LDAP
• Strong analytic and research skills - must be detail oriented
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency
• Requires the ability to effectively interact with external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations and vendors
• Communication and diplomatic skills
• Experience with the configuration and maintenance of host base security tools such as McAfee
• Experience troubleshooting Splunk performance issues / Opening support cases with Splunk
• Experience monitoring the Splunk infrastructure for capacity planning and optimization

Troubleshooting log feeds, field extractions, search time, etc

• The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of Splunk architecture, configuration, and management.