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JANUS Research Group · 1 month ago

Senior Unix Systems Engineer

Radford, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

JANUS Research Group is seeking a Senior Unix Systems Engineer to support the IT Services and Support requirements for the U.S. Army. The role involves managing, maintaining, deploying, troubleshooting, and supporting UNIX servers, while also implementing new system hardware and software and improving operational efficiency.

Defense & Space

Culture & Values

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support a mixed and growing environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Oracle Enterprise Linux and Solaris UNIX

Work with the existing UNIX team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment

Plan, execute and implement new system HW and SW and create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures and policies as needed

Monitor and tune system performance, ongoing operation of the servers, hardening of the servers and reporting of the overall security and operational status

Recommend improvements to the enterprise and manage new SW/HW integrations when required

Provide utilization reports using existing tools to identify problems and corrective actions as needed

Provide support towards the lifecycle of a mixed environment of vendor equipment in the datacenter to include firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance

Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to help expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency to the current environment

Qualification

Unix Systems AdministrationRed Hat Enterprise LinuxPatch ManagementSecurity+ CertificationSELinux ManagementNetwork TroubleshootingCommand Line ManagementStandard Operating ProceduresInterpersonal SkillsTeam Player

Required

CompTIA Security+

Experience in Computer Science or IT

Computing Environment (CE) Certification (i.e., RedHat) or the ability to obtain

Active DOD Secret Security Clearance

Five or more years' experience as a Unix Systems Administrator or IT Engineer with experience in automating assigned tasks

Three or more years' experience in patch management with understanding how to apply security updates to systems via YUM and RPM

Three or more years' experience working in an environment with complex networks while demonstrating experience using VLANs, troubleshooting tools such as ifconfig, netstat, ssh and telnet as well as how to harden a system using firewalld/iptables and hosts

Three or more years' experience managing a large pool of local users through the use of the command line

Three or more years' experience creating, maintaining, following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution

Three or more years' experience configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP

Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience

Three or more years' experience with SELinux – understand the basic and advanced management and configuration of SELinux

Experience supporting Cybersecurity patch management and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), Security Requirement Guides (SRG), RMF, Security Control AssessorValidator (SCA-V), and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA)

Experience deploying large scale HW and SW systems enhancements and/or upgrades for an organization with widely distributed geographic sites

Experience with current and emerging network and infrastructure management technologies and business practices