Linux Systems Administrator
Leidos
- Alexandria, VA
- $68,900-124,550 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leidos Life promotes excellent work-life balance. You can make an impact and have time for your well-being.
- Leidos offers many opportunities for career development and advancement.
- Learn more about the benefits we offer:
- Experience with interacting with customers to handle service inquiries and problems.
- Provide technical support, administration, and monitoring of Linux, Microsoft, and Mac systems within a VMware virtual environment.
- Provide support for the implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems. Rapidly distinguish isolated user problems from enterprise-wide application/system problems.
- Coordinate with customers and stakeholders to collect data, conduct analysis, develop, and implement solutions associated with incident tickets and requirements.
- Develop solutions to complex technical issues.
- Provide follow-up reports (technical findings, feedback, resolution steps taken) for Root Cause analysis, engineering technical assessment and process improvement initiatives.
- Support customer requirements in a 24/7/365 environment and be able to provide on-call support during outages occurring after hours.
- Update operations and monitoring documentation for 24/7/365 Operations Watch personnel.
- Foundational knowledge of AWS or Azure cloud services and the cloud ecosystem
- Familiarity with Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) concepts and solutions such as Dell VXRail
- Experience with Tier 2 system administration of server operating systems such as Linux (CentOS, RHEL, or Ubuntu) and Microsoft Server (2012 R2/2016)
- Familiarity with supporting virtual desktops running Linux, Microsoft Windows, and/or MacOS
- Experience with Scripting/Automation through Linux Shell scripts, PowerShell, PowerCLI, or other scripting languages
- Experience troubleshooting issues in a growing environment
- Experience with log reviews, incident analysis, and identification of issue trends
- Experience with server patch management methodologies
- Time management skills with the ability to work within an IT Service Management/ticketing system (ServiceNow) independently
- Ability to triage and properly classify incidents and prioritize work efforts accordingly
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Track record of working effectively within a team, and support to peers toward improved processes and results
- Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP)
- Due to the nature of the government contracts we support, US Citizenship is required.
- TS/SCI with specific polygraph required for position or TS/SCI and willingness to obtain and maintain a specific polygraph.
- The candidate must have Bachelor’s Degree with 6 years of prior relevant experience or a Master’s Degree with 4 years of prior relevant experience. Years of experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
- Certification relating to VMware (VCA/VCP), Microsoft Server Administration (MCSA), Linux Administration (Linux+), or Mac Administration (ACSP) a plus.