Senior UNIX/Linux Systems EngineerRadford, VAPosition Summary: You will join an established UNIX team in a mixed, growing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Linux, and Solaris environment. You will manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support servers for several customers.
Key Responsibilities:- Plan and implement new system hardware and software
- Write and maintain technical instructions, operating procedures, and policies
- Monitor and tune system performance, harden servers, and report on security and operational status
- Recommend enterprise improvements and manage new hardware and software integrations
- Write utilization reports that point out problems and fixes
- Support the lifecycle of datacenter equipment, including firmware version control and preventive maintenance
- Recommend, demonstrate, and roll out technologies that make the environment bigger, better, and more efficient
Required Qualifications:- Computing environment certification (e.g., Red Hat), or the ability to get one within 30 days of starting
- Experience in computer science or IT
- Active Security Clearance Required
- 5+ years as a UNIX systems administrator or IT engineer, including automating tasks
- 3+ years of patch management, including applying security updates with yum and RPM
- 3+ years in complex network environments using VLANs and tools such as ifconfig, netstat, SSH, and telnet, and hardening systems with firewalld/iptables and hosts
- 3+ years managing large numbers of local users from the command line
- 3+ years creating and following SOPs for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution
- 3+ years configuring and maintaining DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP
- Strong interpersonal skills and a team-player attitude
Preferred Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of basic and advanced SELinux management and configuration
- Experience with cybersecurity patch management, STIGs, SRGs, RMF, SCA-V, and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA)
- Experience deploying large hardware and software upgrades across many sites spread over a wide area
- Experience with current and emerging network and infrastructure management technologies
Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
Certifications: CompTIA Security+. Red Hat or equivalent computing environment certification.
