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SAIC · 1 day ago

Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Princeton, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $160K/yr

7+ years exp

SAIC is recruiting for a Senior Linux Systems Administrator to join their program supporting the NOAA GFDL lab in Princeton, NJ. This role involves managing junior administrators, prioritizing customer problems, and conducting project work in a high interrupt support environment.

Information TechnologySecurityService IndustrySoftware

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Providing Mid-Tier to Top-Tier Systems Administration for clients and servers in a heterogeneous environment

Systems Administration - Maintain IT Security posture according to organization requirements, Manage rigorous patching schedule for all systems, Manage existing Patching deployment tools, maintain and enhance current tools, replace the current backup system with a new one

Installing SW packages, compiling where necessary, Maintenance inventory of all assets and applications

Managing smart card authentication infrastructure

Supporting Project (60%) and User (40%) actives in a high interrupt environment

Writing/updating/enhancing system documentation concerning problem resolutions and HPC assets)

Writing technical justifications for the procurement of hardware & software

Qualification

Linux administrationRed Hat Enterprise LinuxScriptingConfiguration management toolsBackup systems managementDatabase cluster managementSmart card authenticationCustomer-facing communicationProject management

Required

B.S. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field and nine (9) years of experience, masters and seven (7) years of experience

Demonstrated proficiency in Linux administration best practices

Documented experience with scripting (e.g., shell, bash, tcsh, perl, python, ruby)

Documented experience with managing, deploying, or migrating centralized backup system(s) (e.g., Amanda, Bacula, Backup Exec, NetBackup, ReaR)

Documented knowledge of configuration management tools (e.g., ansible, chef, puppet, or saltstack)

Experience with configuration and support of access methods (e.g., VPN, SSH tunneling)

Experience managing and maintaining database clusters, preferably Percona XtraDB/MySQL cluster

Experience managing software scalable network file systems and centralized storage appliances

Experience supporting enterprise logon with smart card authentication on Linux (e.g., BeyondTrust, Centrify, SSSD)

US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance