UNIX Administrator

Job Description

Location: Onsite – Columbus, OH

Clearance Required: Secret (Must hold IT-I Critical Sensitive or Tier 5 at time of submission)

Position Type: Full-Time

Experience Level: Minimum 7 Years of Relevant Experience

About VivSoft:

VivSoft is a team of strategists, engineers, designers, and creators dedicated to solving complex federal challenges using emerging and open technologies. We specialize in building high-performance software and secure Software Factories based on DoD reference designs and NIST frameworks. Our capabilities span AI/ML applications, Data Science platforms, Blockchain, and Microservices, supporting mission-critical needs for the DoD, healthcare, and civilian agencies.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled UNIX Administrator to design, configure, implement, and maintain enterprise-level UNIX hardware and operating system environments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in managing environments such as AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), HP-UX, and Solaris.

This role plays a critical part in ensuring system reliability, security, and performance, and supports enterprise efforts across system architecture, disaster recovery, and high availability initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Administer and maintain UNIX systems (AIX, RHEL, HP-UX, Solaris).

Perform system installations, upgrades, and configurations.

Optimize backup processes, disk space allocation, and system security measures.

Monitor performance and logs, and ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness.

Design and implement redundant systems and data archiving policies to safeguard data integrity.

Participate in feasibility studies, project scoping, and task/timeline estimation.

Conduct UNIX authentication and security audits, addressing discrepancies and implementing remediation.

Collaborate with users, technical support, and leadership to resolve service issues.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, policies, and procedures.

Provide mentorship and knowledge sharing within the technical team.

Required Qualifications:

7+ years of UNIX systems administration experience (RHEL, Solaris, HP-UX).

5+ years of hands-on troubleshooting, performance tuning, and patching experience.

5+ years of experience with UNIX server clusters, load balancing, and virtualization.

Active Secret Clearance and IT-I Critical Sensitive or Tier 5 (T5) eligibility at time of proposal submission.

Relevant certification such as RHCSA or CompTIA Linux+ from a nationally recognized authority.

Benefits:

100% employer-paid healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision) for employees.

Life Insurance coverage.

Generous Paid Time Off (Flexible PTO, Bereavement Leave, 11 Company-Paid Holidays).

401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.

Professional Development & Training Reimbursement.

Flexible/Remote Work Schedules (depending on project requirements).

Full-time