Senior Linux System Administrator

Senior Linux System Administrator

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeing a Senior Linux Administrator to join the team in Berkeley, MO.

As a Linux Administrator, your talents will help us bring logistics, manufacturing, and engineering into a seamless ecosystem. You will work directly on installing, configuring, and maintaining a secure network capable of running and supporting the tools, and more importantly, people involved in this mission. 

  

This position directly supports our Air Dominance (AD), F-15, F-18, P8-A, Apache, Training Systems, Mission Systems, Phantom Works, F-22, or Flight Simulation programs. We provide Enterprise capabilities in the closed networks, including standard office, application development stacks, engineering workflows, vulnerability remediation, etc. 

Position Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring, maintaining, and optimizing Linux servers and systems
• Developing custom Linux images for deployment
• Participating in planning and executing upgrades and patches for operating systems and software
• Delivering and maintaining IT infrastructure and services aligned to industry and Boeing enterprise best practices
• Responding to system events, user requests, and incidents logged in management systems
• Performing vulnerability assessment and remediation
• Performing systems administration using RHEL and Oracle Linux
• Providing comprehensive and timely communications to key stakeholders
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining multi-platform systems hardware, software, and components using pre-existing or self-created automated processes
• Troubleshooting and restoring routine to complex computing service operations (backups/restores, networking, and domain-related functions)
• Building and maintaining information systems that comply with Joint Special Access Program Implementation Guide / Risk Management Framework (JSIG / RMF) security requirements
• Integrating and configuring security solutions (Trellix, Splunk, HBSS) into information systems
• Integrating security solutions into information systems (duplicate entry — consider removing or consolidating)
• Developing training guides, knowledge management articles, and documentation of processes and procedures
• Providing comprehensive software and integration support in closed environments
• Automating tasks using PowerShell, Bash, or other platforms
• Evaluating and effectively communicating complex system problems and resolutions to team members and key stakeholders
• Using scripts to automate deployment and configuration of operating systems or applications, or other similar technologies

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• CompTIA Security+ certification (or similar certification meeting DoD Directive 8570.01 Certification Requirements) or ability to obtain certification within first 6 months 

• 5+ years of experience with installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and administering support for RHEL 6 or higher 

• 5+ years of experience with utilizing security relevant tools, systems, and applications in support of Risk Management Framework (RMF) to include: NESSUS, ACAS, DISA STIGs, SCAP, Audit Reduction, and HBSS

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing secure Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) solutions

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 10+ years creating and maintaining custom windows or Linux images (isos/VM templates) 

• 10+ years of experience with VMware or other virtualization technologies 

• 5+ years of experience using Trellix ePO configuration and management  

• 5+ years of experience with VMware or other virtualization technologies 

• Management and configuration of Splunk Indexers/Forwarders 

• Experience with developing PowerShell and Linux scripts for hardware integration, automating OS deployment and configuration, and creating and maintaining multiple virtual servers 

• Experience with Kubernetes, Ansible, Docker/Containerization and Nessus

• Understanding of networking fundamentals 

• Backup and Restore technologies 

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

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