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ARKA Group L.P. ("ARKA") is an advanced technologies company serving the U.S. military, intelligence community, and commercial space industry delivering next-generation solutions to support the national security space enterprise. Built on more than six decades of excellence, ARKA brings modern approaches and a culture of innovation to the challenges of today.

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ARKA Group, LP is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to provide the management of numerous LINUX-based virtual machines across several security domains in support of custom software development, testing, and deployment to customer systems. You will work closely with software/product development teams and customers to elicit, analyze, and verify new requirements and enhancements. You will perform actions in a mixed environment including Windows machines and must be familiar with fundamental Windows domain administration tasks.

Additionally, this position will support several programs that develop high fidelity, predictive analytics, physics-based software for various ground, sea, air and space domain systems.

• Setup, configure and maintain various LINUX servers to support development, test, integration, and operational software threads
• Work with development teams to design, implement, and maintain continuous integration environment for several projects across multiple networks
• Support security with VM hardening, patching, auditing, new software requests, and other security requirements
• Track and manage internal and external software licenses
• Perform crucial Windows Administration tasks including Active Directory (AD), Group Policy Objects (GPO) management, and supporting Windows-based development tools for cross-platform integration
• Serve as the primary support for Linux/Windows virtualization, including VMSphere/ESXi configuration and management
• Design, configure, and administer physical NAS/SAN storage solutions, including file sharing protocols like Samba and NFS to ensure data integrity and high availability for development programs

• Current/active Top-Secret U.S. Government Security Clearance
• Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI Clearance with a CI Polygraph
• Ability to obtain SAR/SAP
• 5+ years’ experience with the administration and distribution of Linux systems (preferably RHEL and CentOS at a minimum)
• 2+ years’ experience with Windows Administration
• Demonstrated experience in administering network-attached storage (NAS) and configuring file-sharing protocols (Samba/NFS)
• Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline. 4 additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (i.e. CompTIA Security+ CE)
• Proficient in creation and management of VMWare-based virtual machines
• Experience installing, configuring, maintaining, monitoring and troubleshooting Linux servers, either physical (bare metal) or virtual (VMWare or equivalent)
• Experience in hardening Linux systems based on DISA STIGs requirements or similar hardening regulations
• IC/DoD security experience to include auditing, virus scanning, and IAVA resolution
• Offline system patching (such as RPM)

• Solid general network knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, SNMP, SMTP, NFS)
• Preferred the applicant has experience and active certifications that meet the ICD 503 guidelines for system administration
• Installation, configuration, and management of Windows-based development tools
• Experience with Shell (Bourne, Korn, Bash, csh, etc.) scripting, or scripting in Perl or Python
• Experience with network storage technologies (S3, block, and object)
• Experience with log management, syslog, SIEM, etc.
• Experience with HPC and GPU architectures
• Cross-platform experience (i.e. two or more: Windows, Linux, Solaris, OSC, UNIX, IRIX, etc.)
• Experience with Power Shell
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet
• Experience managing Git Lab
• Experience managing Podman/Docker

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• Comprehensive medical/vision/dental insurance packages
• Company contributions to qualified HSA accounts
• 401(k) retirement plan with industry leading company contributions
• 3 weeks of vacation accrual per year plus time off for sick leave and unscheduled life events
• 13 paid holidays
• Upfront tuition assistance for approved degree programs
• Annual bonus program based on company and employee performance
• Company paid life insurance, AD&D,…