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Advanced Systems Administration Specialist
Scottsdale, AZ
Contract Position
$50.69/Hour
This position is supporting the next generation in developing mission critical systems for our national defense. You would be a part of creating the most effective and state of the art technologies for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance supporting the Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Forces, and other Federal Government agencies working with our military.
If you are interested in meaningful work on the newest innovations in defense,
we invite you to join our team!
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a front-line interface to users with technical issues by conducting systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies.
- Install new software, troubleshooting, granting permissions to applications and training users.
- Responsible for the day-to-day support of server services by performing server administration for physical and virtual server operating systems and configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting of physical and virtual hardware and network related interfaces on servers.
- Perform OS and vendor software patching on servers and monitor physical and virtual servers performance using monitoring tools.
- Responsible for managing the functionality and efficiency of a group of computers running on one or more operating systems
- Makes recommendations for hardware and software purchases
- Interacts with third-party technology vendors and internal database staff
- Conducts systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies
- Performs administration of servers in lab environments that are physical and virtualized using industry standard technologies
- Responsible for backing up maintaining backup solutions
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience combined with 8 + years of relevant work experience; or Master’s Degree combined with 6 + years of relevant work experience.
- Ability to Obtain Secret Clearance
- Advanced understanding of server based operating systems
- Advanced understanding of Linux based operating systems
- Subject matter expert (SME) with the ability to mentor others on administrating the server environment
- Enhanced troubleshooting skills within the server OS as well as both networking and storage technologies
- Hands-on experience developing, deploying, and supporting large-scale enterprise server solutions
- Strong background with deploying and maintaining RedHat Linux/CentOS Client/Server environments
- Experience with implementing Linux security controls to maintain system compliance
- Team player who thrives in collaborative environments and revels in team success
- Broad understanding of the interrelationships within the IT environment with focus on server and services
- Senior level knowledge of physical and virtual server support
- Senior level knowledge of access, permissions and security that gives the clients the access to the data they need to perform their daily activities
- Experience with deploying and maintaining Windows Client/Server environmentsOpportunities to gain new knowledge – as it’s discovered
- Experience with deploying and maintaining Windows Client/Server environments
- Experience with implementing Linux security controls to maintain system compliance
- Strong background with deploying and maintaining RedHat Linux/CentOS Client/Server environments
- Candidates should have knowledge of several of the following technologies:
- Familiarity with compliance controls: STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides), RMF (Risk Management Framework), DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement), NIST SP 800-171, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
- Familiarity with developer tools : JIRA, Jenkins, Git Runner, Software Development Kits (SDK)s
- Scripting languages such as bash, Python, Ruby
- Configuration Management tools (Git/GitLab)
- Kickstart to automate installation of operating system
- Monitoring and alerting packages such as Nagios and Ganglia
- TCP/IP, Internet Routing Protocols, private and public networks, VLANs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, addressing schemes, subnet creation and subnet masking
- Experience with patching of Windows platforms Client 10 and Server 2012/2016 or newer
- Experience with patching of RedHat Linux/CentOS
- Experience installing, configuring, and writing ansible playbooks for automation supporting infrastructure production and development environments
- Experience managing virtual machine with VMware vSphere and related technologies
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What to Expect
What to Expect:
- Applicants selected for employment will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation which may include education, criminal and work history verifications.
- Accepted applicants will have the opportunity to be eligible for benefits, including medical and supplemental insurance and a 401K. Appreciation and gratitude for employees is a hallmark of organizations with low turnover.
Moseley Technical Services, Inc. is an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
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