Systems Administrator IV

Onsite | Reston, VA | 5 Days a Week

Active TS/SCI, CI Poly Clearance Required (Or Willing to Retake Poly)

Summary
Our client provides reliable, effective, and innovative technology solutions that advance federal, state, local, and nonprofit missions. Their technologists and consultants are passionate about solving complex challenges that impact millions of lives. Also, our client takes a Mindful Modernization approach in delivering our application modernization, grants management systems, government data analytics, and advisory services. Mindful Modernization is our client's way of delivering mission impact by aligning our government customers’ strategic objectives to measurable outcomes through people, processes, and technology.

Responsibilities

Our client is looking for a Level 4 Systems Administrator to join their team! As a Level 4 Systems Administrator, you will perform orchestration, sustainment, and evolution of a portfolio of mission-critical applications and services supporting a major Directorate within the U.S. Intelligence Community. You will also be responsible for maintaining the smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network engineers. Additionally, you will:

• Monitor and manage system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating efficiency
• Perform systems security administration functions, including creating user profiles and accounts
• Provide Tier 1 and Tier 2 problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution of problems. Provision/harden Linux operating systems
• Must have familiarization with scripting and installing applications from root files. Working knowledge of reviewing of security scans, applying fixes to resolve noted deficiencies and ability to work with and run STIGs via a viewer or other automated tools
• Other duties may include:
  • Setting up administrator accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space
  • Interacting with users and evaluates vendor products
  • Purchase recommendations for hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery
  • Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources

Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years relevant experience is required
• This position requires strong Linux (CentOS, RHEL, and/or Oracle) skills with current/very recent experience with Linux OS upgrades in a cloud environment
• Experience working in an AWS environment and familiarity with console accesses to provision, maintain and monitor servers
• Performing snapshots, disaster recovery, performance tuning
• Installation, STIG hardening, and patching experience is required
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and Tier 1 communication skills
• Experience developing and maintaining critical documentation (SIPs, SAGs, SOPs, Getting started guides)

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working with Agile scrum teams
• Experience with ElasticSearch
• Cloud (EC2s, S3, Elasticache), Kafka, Openshift, Docker, Keycloak, Wildfly
• PKI certificates, SSL, service accounts experience
• Maintaining multiple environment types (physical, virtual, cloud)
• Experience supporting security audits and testing events

Education/Certification Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required for this position
• A Security+ OR other active IAT II/III certification is required

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI clearance with a CI poly that has been obtained in the past six years is required. Please note that our client will consider candidates with a poly that is older than six years but must be willing to retake and pass the polygraph test prior to starting this position.