System Administrator-Linux Mid and Senior Levels - 10-15 Yrs Exp Linux

Prodigy One, LLC. is a systems and software engineering services firm providing more than 45 years of service to state and federal customers. By combining unparalleled experience and capabilities, our company provides big data, cloud development, and enterprise management solutions. We are focused on product usability and end user presentation to help our customers make the best decisions possible. Given our length of service in the industry, Prodigy One knows the importance of a competitive salary and benefits package. That's why our total compensation package can be tailored to meet employees personal needs. 

A CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE
Clearance required: Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

Location: AJ, MD

Salary Information

• Level 2 - 10 yrs of experience + BS degree or additional 5 yrs of experience   

           185K-196K

• Level 3 - 15 yrs of experience + BS degree or additional 5 yrs of experience  

             205K-216K
  (The compensation of this position starts at the lower amount of the stated salary range while higher amounts may be achieved by the candidate accepting less PTO, waiving Healthcare, or both.)

Job Description

System Administrator ‐ Linux

• Must have experience installing, updating, and upgrading Linux Operating Systems ﴾OS﴿.

• Must have experience with utilities used to manage Linux OS disk file systems.

• Must have experience analyzing and implementing Security Technical Implementation Guide ﴾STIG﴿ requirements in Linux OS.

• Must have experience with utilities used to create and configure network connections in Linux OS.

• Must have experience implementing Windows Active Directory User Authentication in Linux OS.

• Must be proficient in reading and modifying User/Group permissions in Linux OS.

• Must be proficient in reading, analyzing, and troubleshooting errors within Linux OS.

 

Primary Responsibilities

 

• The selected individual will be responsible for monitoring infrastructure systems, applications, and processes, and for ensuring that all issues are identified, tracked, and resolved in a timely manner. She/he will provide support for all infrastructure systems and will respond to hardware and software incidents and work with senior system administrators, at times remotely from other locations. Other responsibilities include:

• Quickly responding to IT Help Desk calls and emails in a professional manner; ensuring issues are resolved and/or escalated to the appropriate teams; and following up with teams and users to ensure issues are satisfactorily remediated.

• Identifying, troubleshooting, and correcting hardware and software issues including network connectivity.

• Utilizing enterprise monitoring solutions to identify alarms that have been triggered against the various environments.

• Proactively contacting customers when infrastructure processes are significantly delayed or may impact their ability to complete a business function on time.

• Executing the process for managing information assurance vulnerability alerts ﴾IAVAs﴿ and system security scanning for equipment suites in accordance with the System Security Plans for these systems to rapidly and accurately identify and remediate IAVAs.

• Initiating IAVA responses and system security scans, completing remediation, and extending IAVA patches and security updates on various IT and network systems.

• Providing technical assistance to companion work groups in support of overlapping projects such as implementing IT enhancements and optimizing systems.

• Maintaining good inter‐departmental relations, communicating with users, and publishing status of system outages.

• Participating in the creation and ongoing maintenance of documentation to ensure clear, concise and accurate information is readily available to assist with incident resolution.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Must have at least 5 years o