System Administrator Security Clearance

Position: System Administrator with Security Clearance
Job Description:

System Administrator with an understanding in working in Agile Project management and/or Development Operations environments and to support a Department of Defense research lab.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
· Design and implement computer and information networks (physical and virtual), such as local area networks (LAN/VLAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks.
· Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning.
· Configure and maintain Cisco VPN enabled network
· Research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.
· Serve as an administrator in an enclave leveraging various Linux/Unix based operating systems.
· Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux/Unix servers to ensure optimal system performance, security, and reliability.
· Develop and implement scripts for automating system administration tasks, including backups, monitoring, and updates.
· Able to work independently with limited direction and be self-motivated.
· Able to work with other contractor teammates and customers daily.
· Able to work closely with customers to ensure deliverables meet their expectations and arrive in a timely manner.
· Support software developers in building and integrating software solutions to requirements-based development efforts by maintaining development environment and network.
· Creating and documenting test cases to ensure functional and security requirements are met by developer software in order to support functional and security audits.
· Attend and actively participate in team meetings.
· Apply software patches to network assets in response to vulnerability findings. THIS POSITION REQUIRES AN ACTIVE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE or HIGHER. Required

Skills & Experience:

· Possess an active security clearance (Minimum Secret)
· Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field.
· Citrix hypervisor experience (or other vmware experience),
· Networked Attached Storage (NAS) knowledge/experience
· Familiar with various Firewall configurations (iptables or similar) and experience with implementing.
· Experience in operating system administration, especially Linux (Debian, Ubuntu etc.).
· Proficiency with scripting languages, ideally Linux scripting and/or Python.
· Proficient with ACAS and SCAP