Senior System Engineer

Duration
: 12 month contract + yearly extensions, potential to convert direct-hire

Compensation
: $55/hr - $70/hr

• Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
• Healthcare benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, financial protection benefits, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options. 401k retirement account access is offered starting on the 90th day with employer matching after one year of service. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

• 5+ years of experience in System Engineer or Administration in an enterprise environment
• Experience supporting an Azure cloud environment (must be fully in cloud or hybrid on prem)
• 3+ years supporting Azure Cloud, specifically back-end and server-side functions, databases, APIs, authentication and networking
• Has supported a Windows environment as well
• Experience deploying Linux virtual machines using the Azure portal, CLI (az), or ARM templates
• Experience setting up Linux FTP servers (has worked on SFTP or FTPS for secure file transfers)
• Must go onsite 3x per week in Herndon, VA

• Power Shell scripting

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Linux Systems Administrator to join our IT infrastructure team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Linux system administration, Azure cloud environments, and scripting. You will be responsible for maintaining, optimizing, and securing our Linux-based systems and services, ensuring high availability and performance across our infrastructure.

They will be responsible for support, troubleshooting and installation/deployment of Linux based systems, including, but not limited to:

• Hardware and software installation and upgrades
• Assist the IT operations team to perform operating system updates, patching, installing and troubleshooting.
• Diagnose and isolate operating system, server-side networking, and application related problems.
• Utilize available resources to correct or create suitable work-around.
• Provide documentation and training for all testing and troubleshooting procedures that are repeatable.
• Maintain and enhance existing systems administrator tools, and develop new tools, using available programming and scripting languages, shells scripts, Python and Perl, automating repetitive tasks where possible.
• Perform system builds and hardware upgrades for both corporate and branch UNIX servers as well as hardware maintenance and repairs/replacements.
• Assist with UNIX problem diagnostics, system recovery and disk recovery.
• Provides second-level production support for servers and data storage including after-hours on-call support.
• Provide system backup support to support teams including user menus, scripts, backup software and web-based monitoring tools.