Linux Systems Engineer II

Job Description Summary
The Biostatistics Center BSC of the Milken Institute School of Public Health is an offcampus research facility of The George Washington University located in Rockville Maryland. The Biostatistics Center serves as the coordinating center for large scale multicenter clinical trials and epidemiological studies funded by federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health. The Biostatistics Center is a leader in the statistical coordination of major medical research programs of national and international scope. Visit our website at: . The Biostatistics Center Systems Support team is seeking a fulltime Systems Engineer II. The position will provide a full spectrum of software and hardware support to our onsite and remote client community. This position serves as a systems engineer II with systems administrator and enduser support functions. The position contributes in the design implementation engineering and administration of Linux computing systems hardware software network and storage infrastructure supporting a 247 missioncritical environment. These systems are core components of the IT infrastructure supporting all aspects of the research portfolio of the Biostatistics Center. The individual will work on site to provide continued development maintenance and support of the physical and virtual servers and network infrastructure of the onsite data center. This senior position takes charge of various infrastructure systems and manages and maintains these independently; is responsible for maintaining and expanding services and production infrastructure often contributing to development efforts and strategic planning. This role oversees systems modifications administration applications usage design load balancing testing resolution discovery and dissemination and sometimes oversight of other systems administrators across the enterprise as well as contributes to the team and the organization by researching upcoming technologies and how to incorporate these within our organization. These roles are the top individual contributing roles in systems engineering typically with enterprisewide scope. Essential duties include: Design implement and support Linux computing systems hardware and software infrastructure. Administer and maintain Linux server operating systems and related software within a complex computer environment. Design and implement robust and secure IT solutions within a fast paced research environment using open source tools. Provision bare metal and/or virtual server installation and configure. Perform OS upgrades and patching. Work closely and collaborate with other team members to ensure optimal server functionality and infrastructure systems availability. Build new and maintain existing technical documentation. Perform network administration security monitoring as well as backup and redundancy procedures. Identify organizational needs and research and develop solutions to address these needs. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures. Contribute to and maintain system standards and security posture in accordance with security best practices. Maintains knowledge skills and abilities through attendance at seminars and workshops the review of professional literature and best practices. Performs other duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

Minimum Qualifications
Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelors degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 7 years of relevant professional experience or a Masters degree or higher in a relevant area of study plus 5 years of relevant professional experience. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education training and experience.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in scripting languages and automation Strong communications and customer service skills with the ability to provide top tier customer support to the user community Familiarity with the following technologies: IBM Z Systems and LinuxONE servers as well as Linux on System Z IBM z/VM and/or Linux KVM as a hypervisor Building and maintaining x86 server hardware and storage SUSE Linux and SLES MySQL MariaDB Apache Tomcat and HTTP servers and similar tool

Work Schedule
MondayFriday 9am6pm