Linux System Administrator Level 2 (Fort Meade, MD)

Linux System Administrator Level 2

Location: Fort Meade, MD
Employment Type: Full-Time
Clearance: TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

Salary Range: $115,000 to $130,000 per year


OTA is seeking System Administrators to provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of Information Technology (IT) systems.  Our System Administrators will manage IT systems including day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all of the client/server/storage/network devices.  If you're looking for a challenging mission with a company that cares about your success, then this could be the right position for you.   

Responsibilities 

• Provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) and Tier 2 (Escalation)
• Provide identification, diagnosis and resolution of IT problems
• Configure and manage UNIX and Windows (or other applicable) operating systems
• Implement systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
• Provide feedback to agency management and internal customers 

Qualifications 

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Current Full Scope Polygraph
• 10 years of experience as a System Administrator
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or
• 5 additional years of SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree

Required Skills

• System Administration experience with CentOS 7, Rocky 9, and RHEL 9
• Upgrading servers, workstations, laptops
• Experience with the Customer Secure the Enterprise (STE) tasks
• Experience with the Customer data transfer process
• Hardware installation experience (servers/workstations)
• Linux

Desired Skills

• Task Automation
• Ansible experience
• PXE boot
• Building VMs using Proxmox
• Identity Manager (IDM) experience
• Integration of IDM with a CentOS LDAP server
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator
• Experience trouble shooting and configuring Transport Layer Security (TLS)
• Windows 10/11 administration
• Linux networking experience

Company Overview 

Ops Tech Alliance (OTA) was founded by former National Security and Special Operations professionals with over 100 years of combined experience and was formed with a singular focus: to bridge the gap between operations and technology to enable mission success.  We are a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB).