Linux System Administrator with Polygraph

Job Title : Linux System Administrator with Polygraph

Location : Fort Meade, MD

Required Clearance : TS w/Polygraph

Experience : Minimum 2 years

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a Linux System Administrator that will provide engineering support and maintenance of high priority operational systems at a high level of availability by resolving problems based on mission critical and guidance.  The System Administrator is responsible for servers and the successful integration with the hardware and applications software of the major computing systems across the organization.
Duties and Responsibilities include:

Performs routine and preventative maintenance such as general computer tasks, application loads, disk utilization, system loading and system monitoring

Detects, isolates, documents, quickly reports, and resolves system outages, or problems encountered during operations of the operational system baseline, which includes the collections of diagnostic data, restoring the system operation, development of workarounds, and other activities necessary for recovery of a system

Accurately document problems in logging and discrepancy reporting tools

Collect data describing the environment at the time of the failure and perform other activities in support of maintenance provider defect report investigation and resolution

Perform system monitoring, analyze and document performance and conduct trend analyses as required

Also support system engineering groups as required for ongoing analysis of system utilization and make recommendation for design changes and enhancements.

Environment fluctuates between routine and urgent, depending on ongoing tasks, priorities, and performance of assigned systems

Required Skills:               

Minimum 2 years of related Linux Systems Administration experience

Must have strong background and experience troubleshooting and debugging applications

Must be able to work under pressure in restoring high priority systems back to operations

Desired Skills:

Must have a BS Degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience working with customer in technical operations in lieu of a degree

Ability to navigate, debug, and modify programs in an advanced programming language

Ability to write PERL, python, and shell scripts

Experience with storage products from Oracle/Sun/STK, EMC, IBM, NetApp, and/or DDN

Experience with virtualization software such as Citrix, VMware, and VERDE

Red Hat

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

 For further details please reach us at  Careers@techcraftsol.com