Title:

System Administrator

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KBR is seeking a highly motivated Principal Systems Administrator to support NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Evolution and Development 3 (EED-3) contract.  KBR is a subcontractor on RTX’s EED-3 team to provide Earth scientists and others access to data from NASA’s Earth Science missions. As a member of the EED-3 team, you will be on the Earthdata team, which provides an on-premise platform for developing and hosting custom and COS applications. On this team, you will ensure that system COTS, operating systems (OS), software systems, application software and related procedures adhere to EED and NASA standards and policies.

System Administrators support all phases of system development and operations support. These activities include technical analysis and design as well as support of development and operations staff in testing and deploying the system to operational environment. Participation also involves the transition of software from development to production by performing deployment activities within the project lifecycle.

Full time telecommuting or remote working is available for this position.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Systems Administrators are responsible for effective provisioning, installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of system COTS, application software and related infrastructure. Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Provisioning physical and virtual servers and application services, peripherals, settings, storage, etc. in accordance with NASA standards and project/operational requirements.• Developing and maintaining procedures for installation, configuration, and daily operations of hardware and software.• Performing daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes, updating monitoring as needed.• Repairing and recovering from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with Operations and impacted end user communities.• Applying OS, application, and hardware patches and upgrades on a routine basis, automating where possible.• Implementing R&D deployments of new application services, and improvements upon existing services.

Performing ongoing performance, system and application tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required. • Monitoring virtual computing environment, servers, virtual machines, data stores, networks, with ability to identify preventive measures based on trends. • Developing Puppet manifests or Ansible code to automate the configuration and deployments of configurations. • Communicating progress and obstacles daily via Scale Agile Framework scrum and Jira trouble-ticketing system.

Required Education, Experience, and /or Skills:

• Must have a Bachelor’ degree in a technical major, such as engineering or computer science, and at least 10 years of system administration experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 8 years of experience in Engineering/Other Technical Positions: Typicall,y a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.

• At least 4 years of experience as a Linux System Administrator (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8/9 or other Red Hat distros).• Experience with automation using scripting languages such as Shell, Bash, or Python.• Demonstratable skills in analyzing and correcting application and network anomalies.• Knowledge of VMware vSphere (version 7 or higher) virtualization platform, in provisioning VMs, virtual storage, and virtual networking resources with ability to automate many simple tasks.• Demonstrated ability and commitment to share knowledge via written articles and technical talks with immediate and peer teams.

Desired Qualifications:

• Certification as a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).• Experience with database such as Postgres, MySQL or Oracle.• Ability to troubleshoot basic network configuration and troubleshooting.• Understanding of high availability, data/system replication, and disaster recovery methodologies in the system and database spaces.• Knowledgeable of container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and how to orchestrate and manage container lifecycles.• Experience with automation frameworks such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt.• Experience supporting software development teams, tools, and processes.• Experience with Agile development methodologies and the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo, Bitbucket).• Knowledgeable of web service platforms such as Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, Ruby on Rails, Clojure, and Java.• Knowledgeable of storage volume management, storage area networks, and file systems.

This position may work remotely. Relocation is NOT available. Quarterly travel for a few days may be required for quarterly planning.

May have deep knowledge of project management. Advanced knowledge of related disciplines within work area and ability to identify links and potential impact on projects, programs, or systems.

Experience and/or Education in lieu of these qualifications will be reviewed for applicability to meet these requirements.

KBR Benefits ​

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.​

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These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.