Systems Administrator

Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA)

Freedom Consulting Group is seeking a Systems Administrator to support the design, analysis, and deployment of secure, reliable software for our customer, either independently or within a team. Required skills in concept development and execution (JIRA, Bitbucket, Bamboo) with a moderate to heavy workload. Responsible for maintaining and updating a multi-environment virtual machine infrastructure, including host and virtualization software management.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure Security compliance requirements
• Contribute technical insights to guide the system's cloud hosting strategy
• Develop monitoring dashboards to alert on software operational status
• Provide expert support in the administration and maintenance of the Enterprise Linux infrastructure
  Provide support in information security system requirements and design applicable to Linux hosts
• Manage Linux systems using Puppet or other config management tools; handle patches and mitigate IAVA vulnerabilities
• Extensive experience in Linux environments (RHEL, CENTOS) and server management, including SYSLOG data
• Skilled in system administration using scripting languages like Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby
• Experience in Database Administration and system monitoring, including Linux command-based troubleshooting
• Provide technical input, assist in the maintenance of system administration, security policy/procedure documentation
• Manage and troubleshoot Configuration Management tools, covering Linux and Database Administration tasks such as configuration and upgrades
• Document system configuration, external service dependencies, optimal settings (Authentication/Authorization/Accounting (AAA), resource allocation), and standard procedures (startup/shutdown, backup, upgrade)

Qualifications: 

• Active TS/SCI with Poly
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience) 
• Experience with or understanding of authentication and authorization AAA fundamentals 
• Experience maintaining a VMware or Hyper-V infrastructure
• Experience with Windows Operating Systems
• Experience or familiarity with Server/RAID
• Programming experience in bash, ruby, or python are a plus
• Certifications: Microsoft Certifications, Cisco Network Certifications, Linux Certifications, VMware Certifications are a plus