Senior Systems Engineer II (Unix/Linux)

ECS is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer II (Unix/Linux) to work in

our Pocatello, ID office.

The candidate shall be responsible for design, deployment, testing,

certification, patching, addressing interoperability issues, not only of the

base operating system, but for all support libraries, components, and

application dependencies.

Position requirements and duties of the Senior Systems Engineer II

(Unix/Linux):

* Responsible for the engineering design, installation, implementation, and

configuration as well as ongoing support of the Unix/Linux Infrastructure.

* Possess advanced knowledge and skill for all Linux environments.

* Create and maintain bare-metal and virtual machines with the appropriate

distribution and patch levels of Linux and network configuration, using tools

that include Satellite Server.

* Provision/configure required software onto servers, such as web servers and

databases.

* Evaluate, improve, and maintain the information security throughout the Linux

infrastructure.

* Monitor and correct server issues and create recovery processes for failures

and performance bottlenecks.

* Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure.

* Possess excellent knowledge base in DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP, and integration

with Windows to solve functional or technical issues.

* Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems,

application software and system management tools.

* Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure

availability.

* Monitor and test application performance for potential

bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to

implement those fixes.

* Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies.

* Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the

human intervention time on any tasks.

* Participate in the design of information and operational support systems.

* Provide 3rd level of support.

* Build new baselines with the appropriate security and access controls to

include DISA STIGS and required security controls. Updated baselines will

be required quarterly and new versions within 90 days of the manufacturer’s

release to production and full DISA STIGS.

* Engineer multi factor authentication between Linux environments and the

enterprise Windows infrastructure components.

* Engineer solutions for baselines to operate in full standalone mode, domain

mode, and fully integrated mode for all classification levels and enclaves.

* Work with the developers to transition applications from one platform to

another to include from physical to virtual and virtual to cloud.

* Work with security components to resolve any security findings or

vulnerabilities and apply fixes or updates as well as solutions to achieve

closure.

* Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution.

* Ensure technical documentation exists for all systems and is kept up to date

to include inventory and patch levels of all systems to include hostnames,

property numbers, IP addresses, enclave, number of cores, number of

processors, admin passwords, certificates, and service accounts on a monthly

interval.

* Integrate systems with Windows as it applies to authentication and core

services dependencies such single sign-on and Active Directory. Engineer and

implement solutions for multi factor authentication with FBI standardized

software and hardware.

* Document system configurations to include passwords, access controls, version

number, and revision numbers, patch levels, and inventory to include

hostnames, TCP/IP addresses, number of processors, and number of cores,

memory, and license keys.

* Continually transition knowledge to the Government staff through training

and assistance on how to use the technology using industry best practices.

Qualifications

• * Must have a current Top-Secret Clearance with the capability of obtaining SCI
• / CI-Poly to meet contract requirement.
• * Minimum of Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA) or higher
• certification.
• * At least five years of experience.
• * Systems Engineer skill set with focus on Unix/Linux based systems such as Red
• Hat Linux and Oracle Linux.