UNIX Administrator-P

Company: Technatomy
Location: Fairfax
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

This position is contingent upon contract award. Summary of Program/Project: Provide technical and project support services, to include planning and configuring, designing system architecture, and implementing and sustaining the government client's enterprise hosting environment. Assessment, implementation, integration, configuration, analysis, training, documentation, management, and assistance to the Government in the implementation and operation of their enterprise hosting environments. Work with program managers, project managers, system managers, system developers, system engineers, system administrators, Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Information Assurance (IA) professionals at the enterprise and enclave levels to ensure implementation and operation of the hosting centers and the programs that fall under the hosting centers' umbrella. Responsible for supporting the current hosting environment, which may increase or decrease as mission needs are adjusted. The current environment supports six (6) major programs and consists of approximately 1,000 servers (mixture of virtual and physical). Position Description (Duties and Responsibilities): Provide Unix/Linux administration to design, configure, implement, and maintain hardware and operating system environments. Participates in initial project analysis including feasibility studies, scope, timeline, task list, and duration of projects. Designs, implements, and performs UNIX authentication and security audits while providing solutions and remediation for identified discrepancies. Provides technical expertise and assistance to team members as required. Reviews real-time trending information, and contacts tiered support, when necessary. Maintains regular contact with users and supervisor/manager regarding status of open or pending service calls. Assesses and develops long-term strategic goals for production operating systems versions in conjunction with data owners. Duties may include but not be limited to:

• Optimizes backup processes and disk space allocations
• Performs installations and upgrades
• Monitors and reviews logs
• Applies appropriate operating system security measures
• Designs and implements high availability solutions
• Monitors operating system, hardware, storage, and backup procedures
• Determines execution and recovery times during disaster recovery and production environment testing, along with designing and implementing efficiency improvements
• Engineers and implements redundant systems
• Develops and enforces policies, procedures, and tests for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets Knowledge and Skills Required: Candidate must be able to demonstrate direct technical work on enterprise level network engineering projects with expertise supporting the following areas:
  • DISA STIG, IA and DoD computing environment experience
  • Ability to work independently Knowledge and Skills Desired:
    • Government Cloud migration and support experience highly desired
    • Data Center, On-prem and/or commercial cloud experience
    • IaaS, PaaS or SaaS experience
    • Seven (7) years systems administration experience on Linux or UNIX AIX, Solaris, or HP-UX operating systems.
    • Five (5) years of experience with Disaster recovery and data replication.
    • Five (5) years hands-on troubleshooting, tuning, and patching experience.
    • Five (5) years administration, configuration and troubleshooting experience with UNIX Server Cluster, Load Balancing and Virtualization Security Clearance Requirement: DoD Secret clearance Certifications:
      • Any one DoD 8570 IAT II Baseline certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CCNA Security, etc.);
      • Any one of the following certifications: CompTIA Linux+, RHCT, RHCE, RHCSA, VMware, HP UX CSA, HP OpenVMS, GCUX, SCSA, SCNA, UNIX AIX, RSA Archer 6, CCA-V, Enabling and Managing Office 365, MS Office 365 Management (MS-100), IBM CSD WMB V8, or Oracle Solaris 11 SA 1Z0-821; and
      • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS CCP) or higher AWS cloud certification Work Location: Remote work within commuting distance of Fort Belvoir VA, New Cumberland PA, Philadelphia PA, Battle Creek MI, Dayton OH, Columbus OH, Richmond VA or Ogden UT for meeting attendance when required This is not a comprehensive list of duties. Duties may change without notice at management's sole discretion. Technatomy Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of Technatomy Corporation to afford equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We're invested in our employees --- and vice versa.

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