Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Xcelerate Solutions is an award-winning organization serving the government contracting industry. The Senior Systems Administrator will administer, secure, troubleshoot, and automate Linux and Windows infrastructure across physical, virtualized, and AWS cloud environments, while supporting DevOps, IaC, compliance, and customer operations.
Responsibilities
- Clear devotion to the DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) mindset
- Perform Linux and Windows builds, installs, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Linux and Windows servers to include base configuration, security and system patching, performance monitoring, etc
- Implement and enforce DISA STIG compliance across all systems and networks
- Develop server builds for virtual and physical environments
- Manage, maintain, configure, and deploy system integration tools such as Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm
- Develop scripts to support patching, configuration, and other infrastructure team tasking using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure to include physical and virtualized environments
- Utilize configuration management tools like Salt and Ansible for infrastructure automation and orchestration
- Set up administrator and service accounts, maintain system documentation, tune system performance, install system-wide software, validate and implement system patches, including fast turnaround time security critical patches
- Working knowledge of COTS and FOSS storage solution
- Improve existing infrastructure to incorporate latest technology best practices and cross application integrations
- Administer cloud environments, particularly AWS, including provisioning, monitoring, and optimization
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement and maintain agile practices and workflows
- Provide support to customers in a professional, knowledgeable manner to maintain excellent customer relationships
- Manage and administer accounts to include account creation, password resets, troubleshooting, and termination/deletion
Skills
- * Education: Bachelor's Degree relevant experience
- * At least 7+ years of relevant professional experience
- * Hands On experience leading teams of people
- * Experience with CI/CD & DevSecOps
- * Configuration as Code (CaC) and Policy as Code (Pac)
- * Must have an active Secret clearance
- * Experience in system integrations testing through a full system development life cycle, including implementing test plans, test cases and test processes
- * Working in an Agile project management environment
- * Experience with security requirements derivation
- * Experience documenting test results for corrective actions, reporting and audits
- * Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- * Ability to work in a team and also a self-starter who can work on their own
- * Expertise in configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Linux (RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu)
- * Experience with Patching: yum repositories, APT repositories
- * Experience with Server builds: virtual and physical
- * Experience with Cloud Service Providers and cloud operations
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth
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