Linux Systems Administrator

Company: Elite Technical
Location: Alexandria
Posted on: September 7, 2020

Job Description:

Linux Systems Administrator (RHEL) REMOTE contract position for a Mid-Sr. Linux SA to support a federal agency with a migration from RHEL 6 to RHEL 7. The environment consists of 200+ development teams and 1,000+ developers. The initial contract is through December 2020 with the potential for extension depending on funding and business need. **The position is 100% REMOTE due to COVID, but may need to travel to the gov''t agency in Alexandria and/or our client''s office in Fairfax to pick-up equipment, so being within driving distance would be useful. Eventually, the end-customer expects the team to be on-site, in Alexandria, VA. Prior to COVID, the team was on-site 3 days / week, able to telework 2 days / week. Responsibilities: - Install software dependencies (Java, PHP, Ruby, rvm, Yum, Python) - Install CSRs - Validate IPTables - Manage storage - Restart services - Day-to-day service calls Due to the nature of this federal contract engagement, all candidates must be US Citizen and able to obtain a Gov-t Public Trust. Are you a Linux SA with strong RHEL 6/7? If so, please APPLY for immediate consideration. Required Skills - Must be a US Citizen due to government requirement - Must be able to obtain a US Government Public Trust - Must be local to Alexandria, VA - Must have RHEL 6 & RHEL 7 - Experience with RHEL Migrations, pref RHEL 6 to 7 - Must be comfortable with Scrum/Agile environment - Familiar with PTONet is a PLUS - Must be comfortable with customer meetings (GS-14, 15 and SES level) - Able to pivot from on-prem to *aaS platform - Working within a High volume (200+ Dev Teams, 1000+ developers) development environment by Jobble

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