Systems Administrator

Riverside Overview

Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country’s most challenging technical problems. All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.

Riverside Research is seeking a personable and highly technical individual capable of providing information technology support to groups performing cutting-edge research supporting national security interests. In the role of Systems Administrator, a successful candidate will leverage experience supporting Linux and Windows-based IT infrastructure as well as Dev Ops-oriented tools and processes to provide end-user support, operation, and maintenance of IT systems in several classified computing environments.

As a part of a large, distributed team of IT professionals, this role affords a self-motivated candidate a high degree of flexibility and autonomy, permitting you the opportunity to learn and grow while making a direct impact on national security. This is an on-site position located at our Beavercreek office.

• Providing Tier 2 support to a VMware based environment that includes both Linux and Windows machines in a distributed classified computing environment
• Implementing, maintaining, and hardening Linux servers and virtual machines that host CI/CD tools and production environments, ensuring high availability and security compliance
• Monitoring operations and applications, including using Linux-based logging and monitoring tools to diagnose and resolve performance issues
• Apply security updates/patches to Linux and Windows operation systems
• Employ creative solutions and cutting-edge technologies to ensure the security, integrity, and availability of multiple national security systems
• Working knowledge installing, upgrading, and configuring hardware and software
• Act as liaison and advocate between our partners, IT management, Engineering, and Information Security staff
• Maintain, execute, and improve established system operation processes and procedures
• Assess system failures with all available tools and knowledge to enable the customer to meet contractual obligations
• Develop new and maintain existing installation and configuration procedures
• Coordinate all significant information technology changes with the appropriate parties such as management, infrastructure, and information security following management procedure
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI adjudication
• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 5 years of IT experience, or advanced degree with 2 years of IT experience, or 10 years IT experience
• Strong, verifiable experience in Linux system administration, including configuration, patching, user management, and security hardening (e.g., DISA STIGs).
• Experience with or on Linux or Unix based OS systems using common UNIX/Linux tools (ssh, tar, sed, grep, awk, vi, emacs, cron, etc...)
• Experience in command line environment (Bash)
• Experience with build systems and maintaining tools such as Jenkins, Git Lab, etc.
• Experience with source control management systems
• Working knowledge supporting VMware based hardware and software
• Ability to manage time independently without direct supervision
• Capability to troubleshoot complex information technology problems using all available resources
• Experience upgrading, installing, and configuring application software and computer hardware
• Knowledge of communication security processes and procedures including related hardware
• DoD 8140 (451) Systems Admin - Intermediate Certification (Security+ or Equivalent)

Desired

Qualifications:

• Seeking a candidate that has at least 5 years’ experience performing systems administration including 2 years of Linux experience
• Working knowledge of Platform One-aligned infrastructure technologies
• Experience with traditional IT stack (Clients, Networking, Servers, Storage)
• Demonstrable experience installing, configuring, and supporting Linux-based operating systems
• Has applied STIGS to Linux operating systems,…