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Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. · 4 hours ago

Principal Linux/Unix Engineer II

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD, seeking a Principal Linux/Unix Engineer II. The role involves the design, deployment, and ongoing support of Unix/Linux Infrastructure, ensuring security and efficiency within the systems.

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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 systemsDNSDHCPLDAPSMTPScriptingSecurity controlsSystem management toolsMulti-factor authenticationBare-metalVirtual machinesInformation securityPerformance monitoringBackupRedundancy3rd level support

Required

This position requires an active Top Secret Clearance in order to be considered
Work to be performed onsite in Pocatello, ID
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
U.S. citizenship is required per contract to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance
This position shall be filled with individuals that have a minimum of six years of experience or Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) and seven years of experience required if no certification
We prefer candidates who already have this, but we will allow 6 months to obtain for those who don't have it
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

Company

Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.

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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.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Tom Ferrando
CEO
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