Senior Linux Administrator

The DTRA program at Leidos is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator in Fort Belvoir VA to support the DTRA I3TS Infrastructure Services team to maintain and optimize the Linux production candidate will be responsible for sustaining Linux servers as well as the conceptualization design development and implementation of new Linux capabilities. The candidate is expected to work well as a part of the DTRA Systems Administration team using ITIL best practices as well as work independently on assigned tasks. Candidate is expected to support the entire service lifecycle from design through development to production building and deploying Linux based systems in a virtual environment.

Candidate should be familiar with system automation technologies basic database administration and tuning. Candidate must demonstrate a high degree of problem-solving ability in a complex environment and be able to communicate effectively both to the customer and to team members.

Work location is on-site at Fort Belvoir VA with on-site as needed in Reston VA.

Required Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI

Key Responsibilities:

• Provision servers and environments

• Manage user access

• Maintain servers in a virtual environment

• Automation knowledge scripting in Unix shell and Ansible playbooks

• Maintain and improve configuration management templates

• Monitor system performance and respond to alerts

• Establish and maintain NTP services in the production environment

• Maintain satellite servers for the agency software releases and patches

Required Qualifications:

• STEM Bachelors degree with 8 years or STEM Masters degree with 6 years of experience in IT operations working with Linux servers and Virtualization. Additional specific years of experience can be taken into account in lieu of degree.

• Experience with the following emerging technologies or an equivalent technology: Kubernetes Open Shift Containers GitHub Ansible Tower

• Ensure compliance with security standards and practices aligned with DoD STIGs.

• Experience with web servers and use of certificates

  • Open Source: Apache Hadoop Zookeeper Puppet

  • App Servers: JBoss Tomcat Jetty NGINX HTTP

• 2-3 years of experience with web server management and implementation; troubleshooting of websites applications and security implementations.

• Understanding of virtualized infrastructure server backup and restoral procedures application of STIGs and cyber hardening approaches.

• Experience with log file analysis

• Experience with Red Hat Satellite tool for deploying configuring and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) across physical virtual and cloud environments.

• Understanding of Red Hat provisioning and patching often using Satellite Capsules for distributed content delivery and local services like DHCP/DNS in large or remote setups. It centralizes RHEL management improving security and efficiency by handling subscription management content views and system auditing from a single console.

• Understanding of Red Hat command line tools: System Management Manage RPM packages and Package Management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of Windows Server experience.

Certifications:

• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification (Security CySA GSEC or CCNA Security) required

• Red Hat Certification - Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) (Preferred)

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.