NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Linux Systems Engineer to support a Federal IC Program at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.  This is a direct-hire role with our client, a growing Federal Integrator.  Excellent compensation and benefits. Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI Clearance is required.
 

You will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for a range of HPC solutions and apply your systems administrative expertise to configure these resources for the computational demands of emerging workloads that are critical to the customers. This position requires you to be onsite everyday in Dayton, OH. Your duties will include, but not be limited to:

 

• Provide system administration support for Linux operating systems including installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, monitoring performance, and troubleshooting alerts from monitoring tools. 

• Analyzes and resolves problems associated with the operating system, servers, hardware, and applications software. Detects, diagnoses, and reports related problems on servers, including system failure analysis and recovery, insuring the consistency and integrity of file systems.
• In-depth hardware configuration knowledge, shell programming expertise, and a solid understanding of standard concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals, performs a variety of tasks, and works under general supervision.
• Responsible for daily monitoring of interface programs between multiple enterprise systems; review daily logs and ensure successful completion.
• Perform incremental and full cold backups/patching.
• Responsible for DoD Linux Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Provide performance metrics and usage charts, including CPU usage, disk usage and network uptime for the Linux Servers.
• Provide general maintenance, upgrades, and new installation of servers and coordinate with data center personnel to execute. Document and generate business processes for day-to-day and emergency support procedures.
• Install, test, and verify Linux Security patches; coordinating, documenting requirements and timelines, and working closely with service owners.
• Perform systems security administration functions, including creation and maintenance of customer profiles and accounts.
• Responsible for creating and/or maintaining standard operating procedures for the Linux documentation library.
• Implement, configure, update, and maintain servers via Ansible.
• Implement, configure, update, and maintain STIGs for servers and workstations.
• Implement, configure, update, and maintain the Linux operating system firewall.
• Experience in handling NFS, CIFS, and SMB permissions.

 

Required Technical Skills Requirements:

• Experience managing RHEL Linux servers
• Highly versed in Linux administration and best practices
• Familiar with enterprise network architectures
• Experience with automated configuration management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
• Familiar in programming/scripting skills for automation (Bash, Ruby, Python, Perl, etc.)
• General understanding of Linux internals (system calls, file systems, processes, etc.)
• General understanding of TCP/IP and related protocols (HTTP, FTP, NFS, etc.)
• Excellent problem solving, analytical, and decision-making capabilities, including understanding user requirements, troubleshooting technical issues, resolving issues and challenges, and developing creative solutions for process improvement.
• Dependability, in that the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve.
• Must have customer service experience as this position will require candidate to engage with senior military and government leadership. 
• Must be able to engage with stakeholders to ensure tasks are progressing and meeting timelines.
• Excellent communication, documentation, organization and teamwork skills
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

 

 

Skills:

Linux Administration, Complex Systems, High-Performance Computing (HPC) Systems, Management Tools, Systems Engineering

 

Certifications:

CompTIA - Security+ CE - RHEL or Linux

 

Experience:

8+ years of related experience