Senior Linux Administrator

Purpose and Impact

Our contract supports more than 12 efforts with varying levels of hardware and software development requirements. Our projects are focused on front end equipment configuration/maintenance, back-end repositories, front end dashboards, as well as everything in between for the full data processing thread. Our teams can range from one to two developers to a team of 12. All of our teams work right alongside our customer to discuss requirements, identify solutions, and choose the way forward for implementation. As part of an engineering office, our customer and our workforce look and plan for future expectations—continuously trying to stay ahead of the next challenge.

Essential Responsibilities

• Supports implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems.
• Supports day-to-day operations, monitoring, and problem resolution for all client/server/storage/network devices, mobile devices, etc.
• Escalates and communicates status to agency management and internal customers.
• Supports migration to new baselines, incorporates new technologies for the project application, and builds/reporting for health and monitoring dashboards.
• Works predominantly in a virtualized architecture.

Capabilities

• Supports implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of IT systems
• Supports hardware problems and remains involved in the resolution process
• Configures and manages LINUX operating system and installs
• Creates bash shell scripts to aid in system stability and deployment repeatability
• Manages the daily activities of configuration and operation of IT systems
• Provides Tier I (Help Desk) problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution of problems
• Optimizes system operations and resource utilization, and performs system capacity analysis and planning
• Provides detailed analysis and feedback to management and internal customers for escalated tickets
• Loads operating system software, troubleshoots, maintains integrity and configures network components
• Configures and manages LINUX operating system and installs

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• 9 years or more experience as a Linux Administrator
• 9 years of experience of bash programming
• 7 or more years of Perl/Python programming experience
• 7 or more years of Linux (Redhat/Centos 5 or greater) experience
• Knowledge of web technologies (html, xml, Java2E, etc.)
• 3 or more years of experience with virtualization
• 3 or more years of experience with Puppet 3 or greater

Clearance Required

• TS/SCI with Poly

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Studies or related technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.

Minimum Years of Experience

• Nine (9) years of experience is required. Four additional years of experience are required if the candidate does not have a Bachelor's degree in a technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes/docker/containerization

Other Responsibilities

• Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment.
• Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
• Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Compensation Details

$180,000 - $235,000

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retail retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance