Title: Senior Red Hat Linux Administrator
Duration: 5 years
Work Location: Hybrid. 2 days remote and 3 days onsite at 189 Harry S Truman Parkway,
Annapolis, MD 21401. Candidate should attend in-person interview.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree, or postgraduate degree, in engineering, computer science, or related field (as determined by the AOC).
• Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator. (1) Certification must be issued by Red Hat and
include the resource's valid certification number.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience as a Red Hat system administrator.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience administering Unix (AIX) IBM pSeries systems.
• Fifteen (15) or more years of experience in the Information Technology (IT) field
Skills, Experience and Capabilities:
Experience with:
(1) Working in a complex networked system environment with strong networking.
(2) Administering Unix (AIX) IBM pSeries systems.
(3) Administering systems including, but not limited to, the applications below:
• Oracle WebLogic Servers
• Oracle Database Servers
• Progress 4GL/Database Servers/OpenEdge
• Apache Web Servers
• vSphere hosted RHEL Servers.
• Rubrik backup systems.
• Oracle Database backups.
• PeopleSoft
• Mobius
• Elastic Search
• Oracle OBI
• CVS (Concurrent Version System)
(4) Red Hat performance tuning
(5) Load balancing, partitioning, back-up/recovery, and disaster recovery.
(6) Working in an environment that requires 24/7 system availability.
(7) Application development.
(8) Red Hat Support.
(9) Electronic Imaging Support.
Ability to:
(1) Work in a team environment.
(2) Communicate effectively with internal and external personnel.
(3) Demonstrate leadership skills.
(4) Interface with users and helpdesk for day-to-day support.
(5) Provide Backup/recovery and networking methodologies.
(6) Troubleshoot at the Operating System (OS), database, and application levels.
Knowledge of:
(1) Red Hat administration including configuration and tuning.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers across
development, testing, and production environments.
• Performing system upgrades, patch management, and security hardening to ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Monitoring system performance and troubleshooting issues to minimize downtime and optimize efficiency.
• Implementing automation scripts using Ansible, Bash, or Python to streamline system
administration tasks.
• Configuring and maintaining Red Hat Satellite, Identity Management (IdM), and other Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ecosystem tools.
• Collaborating with security teams to ensure systems are protected against vulnerabilities and comply with security policies.
• Maintaining and optimizing storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Supporting application teams by providing guidance on best practices for Linux-based
deployments.
• Maintaining documentation for system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Participating in on-call support and incident resolution activities as required.
• Setup Network File Server (NFS) and mount points.
• Configuring Chron jobs for both systems and applications.