UNIX/Linux Administrator
Job Description:
- Design, configure, implement, and maintain UNIX hardware and operating system environments, including AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris
- Optimize backup processes and disk-space allocations
- Perform installations and upgrades
- Monitor and review logs
- Apply operating-system security measures
- Design and implement high-availability and redundant systems
- Plan data migrations between systems
- Provide technical expertise and assistance to team members
- Monitor operating-system, hardware, storage, and backup procedures
- Determine execution and recovery times during disaster-recovery and production-environment testing
- Design and implement efficiency improvements
- Develop and enforce disaster-recovery and data-archiving policies, procedures, and tests
- Participate in project analysis, including feasibility studies, scope, timelines, task lists, and project duration
- Design, implement, and perform UNIX/Linux authentication and security audits
- Provide remediation for identified security discrepancies
- Review real-time trending information and contact tiered support when necessary
- Maintain contact with users and supervisors/managers regarding open or pending service calls
- Assess and develop long-term strategic goals for production operating-system versions with data owners
- Configure and manage Linux/Unix operating systems, install operating-system software, troubleshoot, maintain network-component integrity, and implement enhancements to improve reliability and performance
Requirements:
- Seven (7) years of systems administration experience on UNIX/Linux operating systems, including AIX, Solaris, or HP-UX
- Five (5) years of experience with disaster recovery and data replication
- Five (5) years of hands-on troubleshooting, tuning, and patching experience
- Five (5) years of administration, configuration, and troubleshooting experience with UNIX server clusters, load balancing, and virtualization
- Proven experience working with both UNIX and Linux operating systems and understanding their differences
- Understanding of STIGs and experience with STIG tools, application, and testing
- Experience with OS and application updates and patching, general maintenance, file-system management, and verifying directory/mount points
- Experience operating in development, testing, and production environments
- Familiarity with cloud computing and cloud architecture
- Knowledge of virtual environments such as VMware and Kubernetes
- Experience performing backups and restores
- Command-line system administration experience with file-system management, user-account management, and verifying network configurations
- Strong understanding of virtual and physical network configuration
- Understanding of DISA STIG guidance and RMF
- In-depth IT-systems troubleshooting experience
- Clearance requirement: None
- Computing-environment certifications/knowledge listed: HP UX CSA, HP OpenVMS, GCUX, SCSA, SCNA, UNIX AIX, Linux, RHCT, RHCE, RHCSA
Benefits:
- Multiple healthcare coverage options, including low deductible, high deductible, and HSA-eligible plans
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Accident and illness coverage
- Short-term disability coverage
- Long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) plan with an industry-leading 6% match
- Profit sharing based on company performance
- 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), subject to plan eligibility and vesting requirements