Senior UNIX System Engineer

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💵 $112k - $179k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Peraton

10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Peraton is a mission-focused enterprise that supports national security initiatives through advanced IT and cyber services. They provide capabilities in areas such as cyber defense, cloud operations, engineering, and intelligence. With a commitment to solving complex challenges, Peraton integrates data-driven technologies to ensure mission success for their military and government clients.

📋 Description

• Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support RHEL/Oracle Linux and Solaris servers across a mixed customer environment • Plan, execute, and implement new system hardware and software, and lead new hardware/software integrations • Monitor and tune system performance • Keep day-to-day server operations running smoothly • Harden servers using STIG, SELinux, and firewalld • Report on overall security and operational status • Produce utilization reports to identify problems and drive corrective actions • Manage the lifecycle of multi-vendor data center equipment, including firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance • Create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures, and policies • Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies that expand, upgrade, and increase environmental efficiency • Support enterprise-class data centers hosting programs, virtual servers, and users worldwide, 24x7x365

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 12 years without a degree; 10 years with AS/AA; 8 years with BS/BA; minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; minimum of 3 years with PhD • DoD 8140 qualified for DCWF 451 – System Administrator at the Intermediate proficiency level • Computing environment/platform certification for supported technologies, such as Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE, Oracle Linux OCP, or Oracle Solaris 11 OCP; may be waived for 30 days after project start • Background in Computer Science or IT • Active DoW Secret security clearance • US Citizenship • 3+ years as a UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator or IT Engineer, including automating assigned tasks • 3+ years of patch management experience, including applying security updates with DNF/YUM and RPM • 3+ years working in complex network environments, including VLANs, ip/ifconfig, ss/netstat, ssh, firewalld/iptables, and hosts files • 3+ years managing a large pool of local users from the command line • 3+ years creating, maintaining, and following SOPs for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution • 3+ years configuring and maintaining DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP • Strong interpersonal skills and a team-player mindset • Desired: 3+ years of basic and advanced SELinux management and configuration • Desired: experience supporting cybersecurity patch management, STIGs, SRGs, RMF, SCA-V, and CORA • Desired: automation experience with Ansible, Bash, or Python • Desired: experience deploying large-scale hardware and software enhancements or upgrades across widely distributed geographic sites

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Health savings account • Short-term disability • Long-term disability • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Parental leave • 401(k) • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation • Company-paid holidays • Potential overtime • Shift differential • Discretionary bonus

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