Senior Platform Engineer (Sterling, VA)

Paladin Consulting is currently hiring a Senior Platform Engineer to join our team working onsite at our client's office located in Sterling, VA.

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Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer

Work Location: Sterling, VA

Duration: Long-term contract with option to hire

Job Description:

The Senior Platform Engineer would be involved with supporting Echelon 1 (E1) actives to maintain and troubleshoot software, physical servers, networking, storage and cloud environments to ensure system operates efficiently; and meet mission needs. The Senior Platform Engineer will support deployment of O&M patches and baseline updates; enterprise level integration efforts; document defects in customer and program defect databases; support technical interchange meetings with system operators, enterprise partners, and program customer.

Note This position is based in Dulles VA and will be supporting a nearby customer location within a Secure Compartmented Integration Facility (SCIF) and may require some travel (10% or less) to other customer sites for support and possible on call support/overtime.

Responsibilities :

You will maintain existing systems through Linux-based tools and manage the COTS/FOSS software on the system to support program needs

You will ensure that all computer, network, and storage resources are maintained for mission use

You will participate in the deployment of new system baselines (e.g. operating systems, software, network configurations, and data storage configurations)

You will travel to other customer sites or to the factory as needed to assist in system updates, deliveries, and troubleshooting activities when necessary

You will be part of a call-in rotation to provide occasional off-hours support Required Skills & Qualifications :

BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and a minimum 5 years of related work experience

Experience with VMware: vCenter and ESXi

Experience with Linux system administration (RHEL/OL preferred)

Experience with LDAP administration (e.g. creating and managing users and groups)

Current TS/SCI / CI Poly issued security clearance is required day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance Qualifications We Prefer:

Experience with Bash scripting

Experience with hardware maintenance (e.g. troubleshooting, FRU replacement)

Experience with out-of-band management (e.g. iDRAC, terminal server concentrators)

Experience with Dell and Cisco hardware

Experience with NTP (Network Time Protocol)

Experience with Smart PDU (Power Distribution Units)

Experience with NFS administration

Experience with DNS administration

Experience with networking administration: LAN and firewalls (Cisco preferred)

General experience with Nagios

General experience with Microsoft Windows operating system

General experience with SAN and NAS administration For more information or to view other opportunities, visit us at

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