Linux System Administrator

Linux System Administrator

Location: Aurora, CO.

Required Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly

Since 1999, ITEC has been a powerhouse in supporting mission-critical programs for the DoD and Intelligence community, building a solid reputation along the way. At ITEC, we don’t just care for our employees—we champion them with competitive salaries, an outstanding employee care program, and a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, and a 401k.

U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation.

Job Responsibilities:

Building, maintaining, and securing Information Technology systems and directly supporting customer mission-critical capabilities.

Work closely with program developers and system engineers to research issues, determine root causes and implement solutions to system problems.

Must be able to support occasional after hour maintenance and on-call support and must be able to lift up to 35 pounds in support of hardware installations.

Occasional travel may be required for installation support. This position is an onsite role.

Required Skills:

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience or a master’s degree and minimum of 3 years of prior relevant experience.

Must have an active DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification (or higher) on start date. IAT Level 2 requires one or more of the following Professional Certifications: Security+ CE, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, CND.

Experience administering Red Hat Linux based systems with minimal support, to include patching, creating/maintaining RPM packages, performance tuning, networking, user management (LDAP), and security hardening.

Desired Skills:

Using and developing with automation tools/frameworks such as Terraform, Ansible, and Chef as well as scripting - particularly in Bash and Python.

Experience administering Windows based systems.

Experience with pipeline tools such as Jenkins and Artifactory.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency.

Deployment and administration of systems in Amazon WebServices (AWS).

Recruiter: Lerin Merry

ITEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of ManpowerGroup Public Sector.