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Linux Systems Administrator

ASRC Federal · Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD · 1 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's parse the posting: First paragraph: "ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work™ ASRC Federal Technology Solutions LLC is looking for a Linux System Administrator with a minimum of an active Secret clearance to support their work with DEVCOM-CBC and the Transformation Decision Analysis Center (TDAC) organization." That's about the role/company. Could be "About the role" or "About the company". We'll use "About the role". Next: "The Senior Linux Systems Administrator serves as a technical subject matter expert responsible for the engineering, deployment, configuration, security compliance, and lifecycle maintenance of enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7, 8, and 9) infrastructure supporting U.S. Army operations. The candidate will manage system automation, identity management, storage configuration, application hosting integration, and vulnerability remediation in accordance with DoD and DISA standards." That's also responsibilities. Then "Key Responsibilities" list bullet points. We need to extract responsibilities as list items. List: - Architect, deploy, configure, maintain, and decommission enterprise RHEL 7, 8, and 9 servers. - Manage kernel updates, system upgrades, and package lifecycles via yum/dnf repositories integrated with Red Hat Satellite and centralized automation pipelines - Develop, test and execute Ansible playbooks to automate day-to-day administrative tasks, configuration drifts, and routine maintenance. - Write and maintain Bash scripts for system automation - Manage systemd service orchestration, enforce strict SELinux policies in enforcing mode, and manage container runtime environments using Docker - Configure and administer local block storage utilizing Logical Volume Manager (LVM). - Deploy, secure, and maintain enterprise network share services including Samba and NFS - Provide infrastructure level hosting support, system tuning, and OS prerequisites for enterprise middleware and database tiers, including Oracle Database, Oracle WebLogic, Apache HTTP Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB instances - Apply and validate DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) across all Linux nodes. - Perform vulnerability remediation using automated and manual methods based on ACAS/Nessus scan results to maintain continuous IAMV and STIG compliance - Integrate RHEL systems with enterprise identity providers (LDAP / Active Directory) enforcing CAC/PKI-based multi-factor authentication. - Issue, deploy, and maintain DoD PKI SSL/TLS certificates for server identification, secure communications, and client authentication - Monitor system health, performance metrics, and logs using enterprise monitoring tools. - Conduct root cause analysis on system degradation or outages, implementing performance optimizations and corrective actions Now "Required Qualifications": - Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field and 5 additional years of experience - 3 years of RedHat experience "Preferred Qualifications": - DoD and RHEL system integration experience - DoD vulnerability remediation experience "CLEARANCE LEVEL": This position requires an active Secret clearance or higher. An interim Secret clearance is acceptable until the full clearance is granted. "EDUCATION REQUIRMENTS": Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and 5 additional years of experience; 9 years of related work experience in lieu of a degree "CERTIFICATION": DoDI 8140.03 qualification for DCWF Work Role 451 Systems Administrator - Intermediate. Accepted foundational qualifications include certifications mapped to Work Role 451 Systems Administrator - Intermediate (or Advanced) in the current DoD 8140 Qualification Matrix, such as Cloud+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, or SSCP. Preferred RedHat certification Linux+ certification "Work Environment And Physical Demands": This position primarily operates in a professional office environment at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, working within or alongside the DEVCOM-CBC TDAC organization. The role involves extended use of computer equipment and may require the candidate to move between buildings on the installation to support users and coordinate with government staff. Some work may involve access to classified facilities and systems. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. "We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law. The salary offered will depend on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity, business needs, and other factors permitted by law. Posted pay ranges are a general guideline only and are not a guarantee of compensation or salary." We need Benefits section if specific content: they list health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law. That's specific enough. Pay: they say salary offered will depend on several factors... Posted pay ranges are a general guideline only and are not a guarantee of compensation or salary. No actual numbers or range given. So we should NOT create Pay section because no specific pay info. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Benefits we have specific list, so include Benefits. Pay: no specific numbers, so omit. Schedule: not mentioned. Omit. Skills: Could be derived from responsibilities? But we should only include Skills section if posting has real specific content for it. The posting does not have a separate "Skills" heading; we could infer but we shouldn't invent. Better to omit Skills unless there is explicit list. Not present. Qualifications: we have Required Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Clearance, Education Requirements, Certification. Could combine into Qualifications section. The instruction: use headings like Qualifications. We can include a Qualifications section that contains all qualification-related info (required, preferred, clearance, education, certification). That seems appropriate. Responsibilities: we have Key Responsibilities list. About the role: we have introductory paragraph. We need to avoid duplication: The introductory paragraph also mentions responsibilities; but we can keep it as About the role summary. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. We'll produce:

About the role

...

Responsibilities

  • ...
  • ...

Qualifications

Maybe sub-sections? Not required but we can just list paragraphs. We need to preserve all substantive information: include clearance, education requirements, certification details. We'll structure Qualifications as maybe multiple

paragraphs. Let's craft About the role paragraph: combine first two sentences plus the description of role. Original: "ASRC Federal is a leading government contractor furthering missions in space, public health and defense. As an Alaska Native owned corporation, our work helps secure an enduring future for our shareholders. Join our team and discover why we are a top veteran employer and Certified Great Place to Work™ ASRC Federal Technology Solutions LLC is looking for a Linux System Administrator with a minimum of an active Secret clearance to support their work with DEVCOM-CBC and the Transformation Decision Analysis Center (TDAC) organization. The Senior Linux Systems Administrator serves as a technical subject matter expert responsible for the engineering, deployment, configuration, security compliance, and lifecycle maintenance of enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7, 8, and 9) infrastructure supporting U.S. Army operations. The candidate will manage system automation, identity management, storage configuration, application hosting integration, and vulnerability remediation in accordance with DoD and DISA standards." We'll keep that as About the role. Now Responsibilities list as above. Qualifications: we need to include Required Qualifications, Preferred Qualifications, Clearance Level, Education Requirements, Certification. We'll produce paragraphs:

Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field and 5 additional years of experience; 3 years of RedHat experience.

Preferred Qualifications: DoD and RHEL system integration experience; DoD vulnerability remediation experience.

Clearance: This position requires an active Secret clearance or higher. An interim Secret clearance is acceptable until the full clearance is granted.

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and 5 additional years of experience; 9 years of related work experience in lieu of a degree.

Certification: DoDI 8140.03 qualification for DCWF Work Role 451 Systems Administrator - Intermediate. Accepted foundational qualifications include certifications mapped to Work Role 451 Systems Administrator - Intermediate (or Advanced) in the current DoD 8140 Qualification Matrix, such as Cloud+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+, or SSCP. Preferred RedHat certification; Linux+ certification.

Now Benefits: list.

Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.

We should not include Pay or Schedule. Check for any duplicated lines: we have not included EEO etc. Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like "We invest in the lives of our employees..." we used benefits sentence only. The rest of that sentence about salary we omitted because no specific pay. We also omitted Work Environment And Physical Demands? That's substantive but not under a heading we have. Should we include it? Possibly under About the role or a separate section like Work Environment. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. We have content about work environment. Could add a section "Work Environment". But allowed headings list includes About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Work Environment is not in the list. Should we still create a heading not in list? The instruction says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). The "e.g." suggests those are examples, not exhaustive? It says use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Likely they expect only those headings. So we should not create Work Environment heading. Could we fold that content into About the role or Responsibilities? It's about work environment, not exactly responsibilities. Could add a paragraph under About the role after the description. That would preserve info without new heading. Thus we can append a sentence about work environment to About the role paragraph. Let's incorporate: "This position primarily operates in a professional office environment at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, working within or alongside the DEVCOM-CBC TDAC organization. The role involves extended use of computer equipment and may require the candidate to move between buildings on the installation to support users and coordinate with government staff. Some work may involve access to classified facilities and systems. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position." Add to About the role paragraph. Now ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The part about "

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