Linux Server Systems Engineer
Company: Leidos
Location: Takoma Park
Posted on: November 20, 2023
Job Description:
Description Job Description At Leidos, we deliver innovative
solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people
who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams,
contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable practices.
Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for
our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision,
and Values guide the way we do business. Employees enjoy career
enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development
and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors
and talented colleagues and customers. Your most important work is
ahead. If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can
thrive, keep reading!Leidos is looking to fill a Linux Server SME
position within the Analysis Solutions Division (ASD) to support
the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC). This role requires
an individual that has technical experience with administering
Linux servers within a within a physical and virtual environment.
This role is responsible for interacting with administrators to
handle service inquiries and problems. Duties include examining
customer problems and implementing appropriate corrective action to
initiate a repair or return to service. This role analyzes
recurring problems and initiates solutions for preventing
reoccurrence and analyzes existing infrastructure for
tuning/performance enhancements. This Individuals in this role may
be required to perform technical software configuration, rebooting,
and other remedial actions on customer servers. The Customer
utilizes an Agile Framework to plan and successfully complete all
initiatives. The work location is in Bethesda at the Intelligence
Community Campus.Primary Responsibilities
- Review C&A documentation providing feedback on completeness
and compliance of its content
- Perform system installation, configuration maintenance, account
maintenance, signature maintenance, patch management, and
troubleshooting of operational IA and CND systems
- Operates with appreciable latitude in developing methodology
and presenting solutions to problems.
- Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where
applicable.
- Responsible for implementing, operating, and maintaining
physical and virtual server hardware and systems software.
- Provide technical support, administration, and monitoring of
Linux systems within a physical and virtual environment.
- Decommission server(s) upon request through approved
engineering change solution.
- Install and/or remove service application and scripting
components
- Maintain server hardware and software assets in compliance with
supporting third party vendor and lease requirements.
- Implement capacity planning and tuning actions for server
assets
- Provide support for the implementation, troubleshooting and
maintenance of IT systems. Rapidly distinguish isolated user
problems from enterprise-wide application/system problems.
- Support operations, maintenance and troubleshooting for end
user workstations, to include desktop applications
- Coordinate with customers and stakeholders to collect data,
conduct analysis, develop, and implement solutions associated with
incident tickets and requirements.
- Seek opportunities for continuous improvement to support
effective and efficient operations
- 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; may involve shift work.
- Update operations and monitoring documentation for 24/7/365
Operations Watch personnel. Basic Qualifications
- Requires a bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant
experience, additional years of experience may be considered in
lieu of a degree
- Experience in a supervisory and/or mentorship capacity
- System security engineering expertise in one or more of the
following: system security design process; engineering life cycle;
information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial
off-the-shelf and government off-the-shelf cryptography;
identification; authentication; and authorization; system
integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency
planning; incident handling; configuration control; change
management; auditing; certification and accreditation process;
principles of IA (confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation,
availability, and access control); and security testing
- Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work
assignments. Assignments may be broad in nature requiring
originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish
tasks.
- Background in Linux or UNIX server setup, deployment and
maintenance
- Experience using Red Hat Satellite Server and/or Spacewalk for
patching and system management
- Experience with hardening Linux environments
- Experience with system administration of server operating
systems such as Linux (CentOS, RHEL, or Ubuntu)
- 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 independently
- Ability to triage and properly classify incidents and
prioritize work efforts accordingly
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Experience establishing goals and plans that meet project
objectives
- Track record of working effectively within a team, and support
to peers toward improved processes and results
- Perform systems requirements analysis, functional analysis,
timeline analysis, trade studies, requirements allocation and
interface definition, technical management, integration, system
testing, and quality assurance.
- Must be able to work independently to develop solutions to
technical problems.
- Candidate must, at a minimum, meet DoD 8570.11- IAT Level II
certification requirements (currently Security+ CE, CCNA-Security,
GSEC, or SSCP along with an appropriate computing environment (CE)
certification)Clearance
- TS/SCI with poly required for Position or TS/SCI and
willingness to obtain a Polygraph
- US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the government
contracts we support.Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of AWS or Azure cloud services and the cloud
ecosystem.
- Experience operating and maintaining systems in a Windows
environment
- Certification relating to VMware (VCA/VCP)
- Experience with SAN or network storage setup and
administration
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Familiarity with Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) concepts
and solutions
- Experience with troubleshooting within a security
environment
- Experience with backup and restore procedures Pay Range: Pay
Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00 The Leidos pay range for this job
level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of
compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending
an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the
job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as
well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable
bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Keywords: Leidos, Washington DC , Linux Server Systems Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Takoma Park, DC
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