Systems Administrator

Job Description

The System Administrator shall be responsible for providing network management and systems administration support to maintain the Agency’s High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and HPC development environment.

Position Required Skills

• Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux Tools
• Experience developing scripts using Bash/Python
• Experience performing System Administration including installation, configuration, and support of COTS/GOTS/FOSS software in a large-scale Linux cluster environment
• Experience with Network Appliance clustered servers and applicable software with direct attached FC San storage
• Experience with Red Hat Satellite to automate the deployment, provisioning, and patching of REL Linux systems across physical, virtual, and cloud environments
• Experience with hands-on troubleshooting, customer interfacing, issue resolution, discrepancy tracking, and report generation
• Familiar with software frameworks used for searching, monitoring, and analyzing big data such as Splunk and Elastic Stack
• Experience with Linux configuration regarding Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Memory Management, VMs, Firewalls, and System Monitoring
• Experience with corporate STE/STN security compliance policies, procedures, and tools
• Experience with corporate SSP accreditation processes
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools such as Ansible and SaltStack
• Experience configuring and sustaining VMware ESXi/Virtualization environments

Position Desired Skills

• Experience with the Atlassian Suite of Tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience using system monitoring tools such as HPE One View and Nagios
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Experience with sanitization of hardware, firmware, and / or software removed from computing environment in accordance with USG policies and procedures
• Experience with NetBackup and/or tape backup systems and archiving
• Experience with ePolicy Orchestrator and McAfee

Additional Information

Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
Experience: 15+ years of related experience
US Citizenship Required: Yes