hackajob · 6 hours ago
Linux System Administrator
Fort Meade, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years exphackajob is collaborating with MANTECH to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role. MANTECH seeks an experienced and passionate System Administrator to join their team located in the Fort Meade, MD area, responsible for designing and implementing automated hardening scripts, monitoring systems, and providing security insights.
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Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design, engineer, and implement automated hardening scripts for internal servers adding scalability while circumventing manual process for new operating system rollout
Configure host-based intrusion detection systems
Monitor and troubleshoot/examine detected anomalies
Developed automation script adding new servers to IPA replacing human error and manual process
Analyze system and security logs while responding to discovered real time events providing SOC status updates
Engineer ansible script automating creation of user accounts in IPA replacing manual process
Review audits confirming hardening script successfully executed while checking for other vulnerabilities and/or configuration errors
Host design and review meetings providing security insight, team updates, goals, projections to branch management
Qualification
Required
10+ years' of experience in systems administration of hardware and software in support of developing and testing of information technology systems with a Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline or an Associates degree and 5 additional years' experience might be substituted for a degree
Heavy Windows and Linux administration experience
Highly proficient with Active Directory
Experience with virtualization
Experience with PowerShell scripting
Experience with Keycloak
Experience using Ansible or comparable tools
Experience with cross-domain solutions or NiFi
Experience with integrated processing environments such as a Storage Area Network
Must have a current/active TS/SCI with Poly
Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time
Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc
Constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as, the copy machine/fax machine/computer/printer
Preferred
Experience with DevOps tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, SALT, Puppet desirable
Experience writing scripting languages (Bash, Shell, Python, Perl)
Experience with working with a team to introduce and integrate new technologies into existing production environments
Experience in working with applicable network devices to include routers and switches, gateways and hubs
Experience with computer networking protocols including, but not limited to TCP, IP, UDP, HTTP, DHCP, and DNS
Company
hackajob
The AI-native tech hiring platform trusted by enterprises, scale-ups, and 1M+ tech professionals worldwide.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$33MKey Investors
Volition CapitalDowning VenturesTechstars
2023-05-03Series B· $25M
2018-10-25Series A· $6.7M
2017-03-31Seed· $0.58M
Leadership Team
Mark Chaffey
CEO
Phil Kell
VP - Marketplace
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