Senior Systems Administrator

Job Title: Senior Systems Administrator (OS/Network)

Project

Location:

Columbia, Maryland / Remote

Indra Soft, Inc. is seeking a Senior Systems Administrator with a Full Secret – IT-1 or Top-Secret Clearance to work in the Columbia, Maryland, area (preferred). Remote work candidates will also be considered. The selected candidate will be a highly motivated individual who works well as part of multi-disciplinary Agile teams in support of both operational support, system configuration, and software development activities.

Candidate must have strong analytical, troubleshooting skills. Candidate should have experience in performing a variety of routine and advanced project tasks applied to specialized systems administration activities. Tasks involve the standup, configuration, optimization, STIG checks, log audits and support of enterprise application within a sensitive network.

Patterson AFB AFM
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, OH 45433, USA

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of administrative experience with Windows Server and/or Redhat.
• Background implementing and supporting the administration of DoD or commercial cloud infrastructure, to include application, Tomcat, and network diagnostics.
• Experience implementing and monitoring system-level DISA STIG compliance and integration.
• Experience with Bash and Power Shell scripting
• Experience with Java upgrades, libraries, and diagnostics.
• Experience with Tomcat installation, configuration, and upgrades.
• Experience using Jira, ITSM, or other trouble ticket management software.
• General technical understanding of how to deploy web application changes at the server level.
• Availability to support mission requirements after core business hours, particularly Thursday evenings.
• Some experience participating in software testing activities.
• Prior experience directing the work of other System Administrators.
• Excellent communication and customer service and support skills.
• Proven track record of positive stakeholder interaction / collaboration.

• Security + Certification preferred.
• Secret Security Clearance

• 8+ years of experience demonstrating technical depth and experience in, relevant discipline(s) and/or application(s).
• Experience with administrative tools used to monitor application servers, particularly App Dynamics.
• Experience with Oracle and/or Cassandra databases.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning software.
• Ability to read and comply with ACAS vulnerability assessment scans.
• Experience with cluster/load balancer architecture

• Responsible for directing the work of other system administrators to provide the day-to-day system administration to include system and resource optimization and user assistance.
• Supervise and manage the daily activities of configuration and operation of business systems.
• Optimize system operation and resource utilization and perform system capacity analysis and planning.
• Document, track, and monitor problems to ensure a timely resolution.
• Provide support for incident, problem, and request management processes leveraging the ITIL service framework and best-business practices.
• Interact with network services, software systems engineering, and/or recreate user problems to resolve operating difficulties.
• Identify, research, and resolve technical problems.
• Perform all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.
• Perform a variety of systems administration tasks and activities that are broad in nature including STIG checks, ACAS scan reviews, log audits, and general system maintenance.
• Manually apply patches that have been tested and approved as needed.
• Responsible for all activities related to the administration of Windows Server environments.
• Assist a development team with the installation and administration of development, test, and operational environments.
• Monitor and manage system resources, including CPU usage, disk usage, and response times to maintain operating…