Description:

Top Skills' Details - prefers this candidate to be located in the Eastern or Central Time Zone

MUST POSSESS ACTIVE SECURITY+ce and SECRET CLEARANCE

1. Previous responsibilities of new server installations, configuration, migrations, and maintenance of 700 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) virtual servers.

2. Red Hat versions span 6, 7, 8, and 9. Maintenance includes software installation, customer incidents and requests, OS patching, resolving alerts, and system improvements.

3. An in-depth knowledge of RHEL OS, excellent troubleshooting skills, and experience with automation concepts are expected.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gather customer requirements and complete new server builds per operational procedures.

• Perform server decommissions per operational procedures.

• Perform day-to-day operational maintenance, customer support, and program compliance.

• Execute yum/dnf installation and updates of Red Hat packages.

• Remediation of IAVM and ACAS vulnerability reports.

• Understand and audit DISA STIG checklists, including usage of automated SCAP scans.

• Execute Ansible automation content to audit and remediate compliance.

• Define technical details within milestones for Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms).

• Effectively communicate with customer and implement resolution for operational compliance.

• Assess, suggest, and implement system performance improvements.

• Modify and establish storage allocation, including NFS.

• Understand, troubleshoot, and improve functionality within SELinux, AIDE, fapolicyd, firewalld, Red Hat Identity Management (RHIdM), Red Hat Satellite, and Trellix products.

• Conduct root cause analysis and articulate to customer.

• Assist customers with migrating functionality to new servers with latest RHEL OS.

• Participate in on-call rotation to support outages and occasional after-hours maintenance.

• Create and improve documented Standard Operation Procedures.

Skills:

secret clearance, security clearance, security+, sec+, Rhel, rhel 7, rhel 6, rhel 8, rhel 9, gitlab, Linux, System administrator, Red hat, Storage, Systems engineering, Active directory, Troubleshooting, Scripting

Top Skills Details:

secret clearance,security clearance,security+,sec+,Rhel,rhel 7,rhel 6,rhel 8,rhel 9,gitlab,Linux,System administrator,Red hat

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 9+ years of experience in Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration, matching skills identified within Primary Responsibilities.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, CLEARANCE & CERTIFICATIONS:

• BA/BS with 9+ years IT experience, MA/MS with 5+ years IT experience; other relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree

• CompTIA Security+ CE (or other IAT-II equivalent IAW 8750 requirements)

• Linux environmental certificate (i.e. Linux+, RHCSA, or similar)

o Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.  If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

§ Medical, dental & vision

§ Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

§ 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

§ Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

§ Short and long-term disability

§ Health Spending Account (HSA)

§ Transportation benefits

§ Employee Assistance Program

§ Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Experience Level:

Expert Level

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