Linux Systems Administrator/ Engineer - Reston, United States - ABBTECH Professional Resources

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    **Position: Systems Administrator**

    Location: Reston

    Clearance: TS/SCI w/FSP

    Salary- 180k/yr

    _The above salary range represents the range expected for the position; however, final salary offers are based on a number of factors such as the positions responsibilities; the candidates experience, education, and skills; location; travel required; and current market conditions._

    _This program requires US Citizenship_

    Linux Systems Administrator/Engineer position. This role requires an individual that has technical experience with administering Linux servers within a cloud environment. Duties include examining system logs and task result summaries in order to identify problems and implement appropriate corrective actions. This role analyzes recurring problems and initiates solutions for preventing reoccurrence and analyzes existing infrastructure for tuning and performance enhancements. The individual in this role will be required to perform technical software configuration, rebooting, and other remedial actions on cloud servers. We are looking for an individual with focus, concentration, as well as patience and versatility to take part in all that is required to get the mission accomplished, including O&M, R&D and reverse engineering on top of existing duties.

    Required Skills:

    Typically requires BS degree and 12-15 years or Masters with 8-10 years of prior relevant experience of prior relevant, experience in lieu of degree

    Experience performing system installation, configuration maintenance, patch management, and develop/maintain associated scripts as appropriate

    Managing web certificates

    Experience with server setup deployment, patch management methodologies

    Experience troubleshooting issues in a growing environment

    Experience with log reviews, incident analysis, and identification of issue trends

    Experience with system administration of server Linus operating systems (CLSE, CentOS, RHEL)

    Experience with supporting virtual desktops running Linux

    Experience with programs of similar size and complexity

    Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments. Assignments may be broad in nature requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks

    Experience with hardening Linux environments

    Experience with BASH

    Experience with Scripting/Automation through Linux Shell scripts or other scripting languages

    Experience in Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud environment

    Time management skills with the ability to work within an IT Service Management/ticketing system independently

    Strong written communications skills and apt to document procedures and How-To-Do examples using tools that include Confluence

    Track record of working effectively within a team, and support to peers toward improved processes and results

    Must be able to work independently to develop solutions to technical problems

    Desired Skills:

    SQL

    XML

    Java

    LDAP connecting and query experience

    FiDOS

    DevOps

    Python

    PERL

    Certification - Security+, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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