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Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. · 12 hours ago

Principal Linux/Unix Engineer II

Pocatello, ID

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

6+ years exp

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. is a government contracting firm specializing in supporting customer missions through exceptional services. They are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer II (Unix/Linux) who will be responsible for the design, deployment, and ongoing support of the Unix/Linux infrastructure, while ensuring security and performance efficiency.

Information ServicesInformation TechnologyProfessional Services

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for the engineering design, installation, implementation, and configuration as well as ongoing support of the Unix/Linux Infrastructure

Possess advanced knowledge and skill for all Linux environments

Create and maintain bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate distribution and patch levels of Linux and network configuration, using tools that include Satellite Server

Provision/configure required software onto servers, such as web servers and databases

Evaluate, improve, and maintain the information security throughout the Linux infrastructure

Monitor and correct server issues and create recovery processes for failures and performance bottlenecks

Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure

Possess excellent knowledge base in DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP, and integration with Windows to solve functional or technical issues

Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, application software and system management tools

Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies

Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks

Provide 3rd level of support

Build new baselines with the appropriate security and access controls to include DISA STIGS and required security controls. Updated baselines will be required quarterly and new versions within 90 days of the manufacturer’s release to production and full DISA STIGS

Engineer multi factor authentication between Linux environments and the enterprise Windows infrastructure components

Qualification

Linux environmentsRed Hat Certified Systems AdministratorUnix based systemsSecurity controlsScriptingBachelor's degreeDNSDHCPLDAPSMTP

Required

Active Top Secret Clearance

U.S. citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance

Minimum of six years of experience or Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) and seven years of experience required if no certification

Systems Engineer skill set with focus on Unix based systems such as Red Hat Linux and Oracle Linux

Preferred

A Bachelor's degree is preferred

Candidates who already have RHCSA certification are preferred, but we will allow 6 months to obtain for those who don't have it

Company

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.

Edgewater Federal Solutions was founded in 2002 with the mission of being the best IT consulting company possible for our government clients, our contracting partners and our employees.

Founded in 2002

Ijamsville, Maryland, USA

501-1000 employees