RHEL Sr

RHEL SATELLITE SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR - SR - SECRET CLEARANCE - SECURITY+ce REQUIRED Seeking a RHEL System Administrator & Red Hat Satellite Servers to support the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Enterprise IT as a Service (EITaaS) program. The candidate will join a team of admins responsible for the management and advanced troubleshooting of related issues in the SIPR environment.
On the EITaaS program, we will deliver enhanced capabilities and services to implement and operate an
enterprise ITSM solution, enterprise service desk, endpoint management and security solution, as well as
CONUS/OCONUS field support and life cycle support for end user devices to enable the DAF to transition
focus from IT operations to mission operations. What you'll get to do:
Serve as a systems administrator for management and issues related to the RHEL satellite servers or managed applications. In this role, you will be responsible for following approved SOPs for known issues, as well as dynamic troubleshooting of new issues as they are reported. This will regularly involve collaborating with other teams and stakeholders to properly identify issues, document, and test resolutions. More About The Role:

• Manage and maintain RHEL systems in various environments (physical, virtual, cloud).

• Implement, manage and remediate issues related to failed patches or applications and conflicts
related to patching strategies for RHEL systems.

• High level troubleshooting of common applications and their interactions with the underlying
operating systems.

• Analyze day-to-day operations and write scripts to improve daily tasks.

• Providing O&M support for supported servers.

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Understanding of storage systems and backup solutions.

• Engage with engineering teams as necessary to field solutions.
Track all relevant SLA/SLRs and provide reports as required.

• Collaborate with DAF enterprise and program security teams to ensure requirements are met

• Communicate effectively and collaboratively with customers, stakeholders, and peers. Required Qualifications:

• 10+ Years of relevant experience (Bachelor's Degree in applicable field may be substituted for 5
years of experience).

• Must have DoD Secret clearance.

• DoD 8140 compliance; Security + certification at a minimum. Red Hat Certified Specialist in Satellite 6
Administration, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), and Red Hat Certified Engineer
(RHCE) highly preferred.

• Experience testing, deploying, and troubleshooting the installation of RHEL and third-party software
updates.

• Demonstrated experience with planning, configuring, deploying, and implementing automated
software and firmware patching, such as WSUS, SCCM, YUM, SolarWinds, etc. for heterogeneous
operating systems environments (e.g., Microsoft Windows and Linux).

• Proficiency in RHEL installation, configuration, and maintenance of Red Hat Satellite servers.

• Manage content views, activation keys, and subscriptions.

• Configure and maintain system groups and host collections.

• Set up and manage provisioning environments.

• Implement and maintain compliance policies.

• Monitor Satellite performance and troubleshoot issues.

• Automate Satellite tasks and its components up to date.

• Strong command-line skills and scripting abilities (Bash, Python).

• Knowledge of networking protocols and services (DNS, DHCP, HTTP/S, etc.).

• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet).

• Experience managing RHEL servers in a DoD environment.

• Experience working in a secure location managing devices on a SIPR network.

• Familiarity with STIG requirements.

• Familiarity with ITILv4

• Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies.

• Strong skills with MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Project, Visio) and SharePoint.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with ServiceNow.

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.

• Familiarity with database administration.

• Acts independently to expose and resolve problems.