Linux Systems Administrator with Security Clearance

Vicksburg, Mississippi

TEKsystems c/o Allegis Group
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Job Description The selected candidate will perform standard Linux System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux based application and license servers, virtual machines, and GP/GPU cluster-based systems. Coordination with network administrators is required. Additional duties:
Setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space.
Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
Participating in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our HPC systems and software environment.
Assisting with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques. Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Bachelor's degree and at least 3-6 years of experience (additional experience may be substituted for the degree)
DoD 8570 certification - Security + and OS cert, Linux+, RedHat, etc. (90-day waiver may be provided to obtain the OS certification)
Willingness to occasionally work after hours and/or respond to emergency situations for problem resolution
General knowledge of Linux and general Unix operating systems concepts as well as systems administration experience
Ability to develop and maintain documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks
Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation of the Information System Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Experience with compiling, installing, and porting software.
Ability to understand application scaling issues related to problem resolution, algorithm choice.
Experience with Storage Architectures: SAN, SAS, FC, SATA, Bandwidth, Performance
Ability to manage development of appropriate application benchmarks, analyze results and determine optimal configurations for processor type/speed, size of memory/cache, and memory interconnect fabric for customer problem domains.
Familiar in multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.
Security implementations using multi-factor authentication, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix
OS hardening to DoD STIG standards.
Experience programming or troubleshooting Python code
Experience with supporting Apache Web Server
Experience with Zabbix
Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager
Experience with BIND DNS
Experience with Ansible
Experience with Gitlab
Date Posted: 19 December 2024
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