Linux System Administrator with Security Clearance

Description

Candidates will work in a Linux environment for a Cross Domain Solution (CDS), contributing to its sustainment and evolution. This position requires the application of expertise on multiple complex scripting, development, and work-around assignments that may be broad in nature and require originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks. Qualified candidates will have appreciable latitude in developing methodology, presenting solutions to problems, and contributing to deliverables.

The Role

Altamira requires Linux system administration support for the development, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of various mission-critical applications and services. A primary focus of this position is to provide system administration, configuration, and support tools to maintain and monitor the health of a large data transfer and message processing infrastructure. While the software development team is responsible for the development and customization of the applications, our client requires administration and enhancement of a data metrics collection and dashboarding system to allow simplified operator supervision of the performance of the overall system. Additional tasks include assisting with SNMP monitoring and data metrics collection in a diverse architecture.

Skills

• Linux system administration experience conducting system virtualization, user account management, application update repository maintenance
• Experience in the creation and management of Ansible playbooks for the automation of tasks
• Maintenance and usage of Git repositories, and version control
• Experience with virtualization technologies such VMWare ESXi and ProxMox
• Red Hat Linux 7/8/9
• Ansible
• Docker
• Python and Bash scripting

Additional Skills and Qualifications

• Eagerness to learn and contribute to the overall enhancement of the existing tasks for the maintenance of the system and support applications
• Active monitoring and sustaining the operations of geographically distributed Linux-based applications to meet service-level agreements
• This includes patching, troubleshooting, debugging, and the creation of workaround solutions
• Incident response management for the CDS solutions
• Interface with federal personnel to communicate SLA metrics and remediation of incidents
• Scripting and possible software development to automate Operations and Maintenance
• Potential development of sensors to accelerate the detection of failed systems
• Development of documentation for operations, sustainment, and user guides

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position is $150,000 to $215,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, the scope of the position, relevant experience, education, certifications, internal equity, customer contractual requirements, security clearance requirements, and other legitimate business considerations.