Linux Systems Administrator - Active TS/SCI Required!

Description

Job Description:

Leidos is hiring a Linux Systems Administrator - Active TS/SCI Required. All work is onsite in Suitland, MD.

The HOPPER mission is to provide information technology services to fully enable ONI and the Navy to meet mission requirements. The ISC Operations (ISC-O) Department is an integrated workforce of civilians, active duty and Reserve Naval professionals who support combat operations and provide vital information for planning America’s defense against maritime threats at home and around the world. ISC-N3 Operations provides Enterprise Operations support to the ONI customer community at the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC) facility, to Department of Navy (DON) Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Contiguous United States (CONUS), and to shore SCIFs supporting commands subordinate to United States Fleet Forces (USFF) around the world, all on a 24/7 basis. The work for this order shall be performed by the Contractor in the NMIC, located in Suitland, MD, the Pentagon, NSF-A, and other National Capital Region (NCR) facilities.

Candidate will routinely work independently to achieve critical mission objectives necessary to continue smooth operations for Hopper, and other internal and external agencies. Routinely will collaborate with different internal and external customers and other experts to develop technical solutions to problems that are complex and not always immediately identifiable in order to timely meet mission objectives.

Primary Responsibilities

-Manages the day-to-day responsibilities of all team’s ensuring that all deliverables and government tasking is fully met

-Provide guidance to the teams based on tasking’s and direction

-Escalate issues and provide status reporting

-Serve as a focal point to work across IT functional boundaries

-Maintain daily operation and problem resolution of hardware, operating systems and applications to provide optimum performance and system availability.

- Perform system administration duties and responsibilities that involve analysis and evaluation of computer networks with primary knowledge requirements of information processing methodology, information technology, computer capabilities, and processing techniques

-Install, rebuild, configure, maintain, administer and document Unix/Linux systems, software, system related products, hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards

-Create, document and implement repeatable processes to install, test, upgrade, maintain and patch system environments and its software

-Troubleshoot and resolve system-related incidents detected during monitoring, by other technical teams, or reported by users

Basic Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance

GSEC or Security+ (CE) or SSCP

BS/BA in IT related field

8+ years of experience in IS with specific focus on application administration

8+ years of experience with systems administration

10+ year’s technical experience/knowledge of installation, configuration, and security of server environment

Expert knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) System Administrator and Network technologies and protocols

Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills

Work with virtual environments

Understanding of cloud architecture and solutions.

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