Work location: OPSI
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: The candidate will perform Linux/Windows systems administration, hardware and software integration, network management and application installation and configuration in a prototype development and evaluation lab located at a customer site. The candidate must be a self-starter, able to work with a small team as well as independently, and be able to rapidly learn new HW and SW technologies.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Eight (8) to eighteen (18) years of general experience as a systems and/or network administrator.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in systems analysis, data center management, networking and communications applications on complex information systems, database management, the use of programming/scripting languages that support systems, and knowledge of storage and retrieval methods.
• Proven experience and strong understanding of hardware and software integration
• Candidate must be competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of applications system analysis, system design, and implementation activities.
• Security+ CE or equivalent security certification
• Experience leading a small team, providing technical direction and delegating complex engineering tasks.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science can be substituted for four years of general experience as a systems administrator.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Experience administering and troubleshooting Linux and Windows systems.
• Proven experience in RedHat Linux, CentOS, and/or SELinux System Administration.
• Infrastructure and network experience with Dell, Mellanox, Excelero, Brocade, Palo Alto, Arista, Nvidia servers and VMWare.
• Network integration experience – routing, switching, and firewall rules administration.
• Experience with DCIM, CM, and system management tools such as Ansible and SALT.
• 2-3 years of VM and storage (NFS) experience. Excellent design and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with container platforms, preferably Docker
• Must be able to support multiple software/system integration and testing efforts
• Proven experience installing and configuring applications
• Familiarity with Agency standards, STE/STN compliance and agency security systems Desired Skills (as many as possible)
• Palo Alto firewalls and rule sets
•Commercial Cloud Solutions (C2S) and AZURE
• Windows System administration and Activity Directory
• Jira or similar ticket tracking system
• Vendor management and engagement skills
• Experience with Jupyter Notebook and GPU technologies, such as nVIDIA Docker and GPU-compute apps
• Bash, python or similar scripting skills nginix and Apache Guacamole
• NiFi data flow management
• Experience with Docker Containers, Kubernetes orchestration and Rancher
• Experience with enhanced visualization and graphing tools like Grafana
• Experience with system monitoring tools like Prometheus
• Experience with Elastic Search and Kibana
• Experience installing/configuring database management tools (mongo, SQL, postGres, etc)