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Iridium · 8 hours ago

Senior System Administrator

Grand Forks Air Force Base, ND

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Iridium is an award-winning satellite communications company that provides voice and data connectivity worldwide. The Senior Systems Administrator will manage and monitor the Space Development Agency network infrastructure, providing support for AWS systems and ensuring the reliability of compute and storage solutions.

MobileWireless

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Jennifer Bainbridge

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day support and maintenance for all Compute, Storage, and AWS Systems and applications across the network, both locally and remote

Responsible for the administration, maintenance, tuning, and applying directed solutions to Development and Production Systems running RedHat OpenStack & RedHat OS

Responsible for administrating, maintaining, performance tuning, and troubleshooting multiple Kubernetes environments

Responsible for administrating, maintaining, performance tuning, and troubleshooting Openstack, AWS, Linux, and Platform software

Ensure proper backup processes are in place to allow for full recovery of sites and documents

Conduct regularly scheduled security audits across all Linux systems

Work directly with engineers and operators to investigate and troubleshoot issues and outages in real-time, recommending solutions to address issues

Be accountable for the development and maintenance of processes, procedures, and diagrams, as it relates to system flows and installation

Qualification

RedHat OpenStackAWSKubernetesLinuxSystem NetworkingShell ScriptingTechnical CertificationsMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Visio

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering or related program of study; or equivalent, relevant, and progressively responsible experience

8+ years of relevant professional experience

5+ years of hands-on experience administering and maintaining Kubernetes, AWS, OpenStack, and/or Linux environments

Must have a familiarity with Redstone Arsenal Military Base

A moderate understanding of system networking in order to support the network team and troubleshoot issues

Well versed in use of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues to groups outside of your team or those who are unfamiliar with the topic

Have confidence and be able to easily build relationships with leadership and colleagues outside of your team

Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions and come up with out-of-the-box solutions

Be proactive in providing feedback and be enthusiastic in sharing your knowledge with others

Capable of prioritizing your own tasks and potentially the tasks of others while making sure deadlines are met

This position requires an active/current Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Work onsite in the Operations Center (remote opportunities not available)

Be able to support 24/7 on-call on an as-needed basis

Be able to travel occasionally, about 3 to 4 times per year

U.S. Citizenship required

Be able to lift 30 lbs

Preferred

Government Operations experience in a 24/7 Network Operations Center (NOC) environment

Any relevant technical certifications [i.e., CompTIA, RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator), MSCE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert), F5, etc.]

Advanced skills with Nagios Monitoring performance tools

Advanced skills with shell scripting for server deployment and administration