Senior Advanced System Admin Specialist

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience is required plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience.

Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Put your engineering talent to the ultimate test. At General Dynamics Mission Systems, we create the technologies, products and services that help our service members, intelligence analysts and first responders keep our nation safe. The work we do is so advanced our teams often redefine what’s possible for the world. If you want to be a leader with the company that delivers smart solutions for our nation’s challenges, this is your opportunity.

We apply advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, AR/VR, Cloud Native and Quantum Physics to solve our customers’ missions in cyber, RF, undersea, interstellar and everything in between.

As a seasoned leader, you’ll be involved with our client's decision-making process by serving as a front-line interface to users with technical issues and conducting systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies. Your duties may include installing new software, troubleshooting, granting permissions to applications and training users. You’ll also be responsible for the day-to-day support of server services by performing server administration for physical and virtual server operating systems and configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting of physical and virtual hardware and network related interfaces on servers. We’ll rely on you to perform, maintain, troubleshoot and conduct a complete analysis of alerts; create scripts to automate repetitive processes; and work with customers to identify, isolate, and resolve problems with servers that are affecting other services.

What you’ll experience:

• Technologies that aren’t just top-notch, they’re often top-secret
• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what’s next
• Opportunities to gain new knowledge - as it’s discovered

What you bring to the table:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience
• Advanced understanding of server based operating systems
• Subject matter expert (SME) with the ability to mentor others on administrating the server environment
• Enhanced troubleshooting skills within the server OS as well as both networking and storage technologies
• Hands-on experience developing, deploying and supporting large-scale enterprise server solutions

What sets you apart:

• Team player who thrives in collaborative environments and revels in team success
• Broad understanding of the interrelationships within the IT environment with focus on server and services
• Senior level knowledge of physical and virtual server support
• Senior level knowledge of access, permissions and security that gives the clients the access to the data they need to perform their daily activities

The Sys-Admin role provides information system solutions, and technical support to GDMS and our clients. Responsibilities include personal computer and client server support, systems administration of Linux based physical or virtual servers, applications support, storage support and system security.  In this capacity, the successful candidate will:

• Perform administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Oracle Linux, versions 7/8/9
• Azure Cloud experience, confirmed with AZ104 class or other Azure certification.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot physical hardware including Dell and Nutanix servers, both rack mounted and blade.
• Administration of virtualized Linux servers via Nutanix Acropolis web client.
• Troubleshoot problems with Linux based systems.
• Scripting in a Linux shell to automate repetitive processes, Ansible good to have.
• Assist users to identify, isolate, and resolve problems with Linux servers.
• Perform analysis and logging of Host Intrusion Detection Systems tools like Splunk alerts.
• Monitor system and vendor management performance using Splunk ITSI.
• Perform periodic security patching of servers based on recommended patch sets using RHEL Satellite tools.
• Use security compliance tools on Linux OS and support security remediation.
• Solid understanding of how to configure, maintain and validate the Linux environment so that it is fully compliant to pass cyber security audits.
• Demonstrated expertise configuring, managing, and troubleshooting variations of DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, Networking
• Expertise with data center level backup systems & software, data storage solutions and legacy data center hardware/software solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting skills within the Linux OS as well as network and storage.
• Work individually or collaboratively as part of a high-performance work team.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• Skilled at clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Knowledge and experience in the ITIL service framework a plus.
• Experience with Agile tools and methodology.

Additional Consideration

• Red Hat or similar level of certifications
• Familiarity in these areas is a plus:
  • Splunk
  • AWS Cloud support
  • ClearCase
  • Centrify/Delinea
  • Python
  • Linux kernel understanding to analyze CPU and memory performance

Candidates must demonstrate passion for innovation, a sophisticated understanding of technological systems and programming, and the ability to further advance General Dynamics Mission Systems technology. This advanced position could require being a team leader of projects and level of efforts.

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

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