Linux Systems Administrator Level 1

About the role

Lockheed Martin, Cyber & Intelligence invites you to step up to one of today’s most daunting challenges: the use of advanced electronics to undermine our way of life. As a cyber security professional at Lockheed Martin, you’ll protect the networks that our citizens and the world depend upon each minute: Financial assets. Healthcare information. Critical infrastructure. Hazardous materials. The uninterrupted flow of energy that keeps modern life moving.

Our team is solving the tough challenges and pushing the boundaries of technology to help our customer achieve its mission. Your Health, Your Wealth, Your Life: our flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits enable you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work.

Responsibilities

As a Systems Administrator you will provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems. This includes managing IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems, as well as providing support to IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc.

• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems
• Configure and manage UNIX and Windows operating systems and install/load operating system software, troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
• Optimize system operations and resource utilization, and perform system capacity analysis and planning
• Maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administrators
• Interact with users and evaluate vendor products, making recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinating installation and providing backup recovery

Requirements

The following are required for this position:

• Current TS/SCI with Poly
• A Bachelor’s degree in a Technical discipline from an accredited college or university plus five (5) years of systems administration experience, or a High School Diploma or GED and five (5) additional years of SA experience
• System Administration experience with CentOS 7, Rocky 9, and RHEL 9
• Upgrading servers, workstations, laptops
• Experience with the Customer Secure the Enterprise (STE) tasks
• Experience with the Customer data transfer process
• Hardware installation experience (servers/workstations)
• Linux

Skills

The following skills are desired for this position:

• Task Automation
• Ansible experience
• PXE boot
• Building VMs using Proxmox
• Identity Manager (IDM) experience
• Integration of IDM with a CentOS LDAP server
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator
• Experience trouble shooting and configuring Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Windows 10/11 administration
• Linux networking experience

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $95,900.00 - $178,100.00. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills as well as market (work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.

Benefits

Benefits offered include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave
• EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance
• Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability

Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.