Senior UNIX System Engineer

Every hour of every day, soldiers, acquisition professionals, and federal partners around the world count on systems that simply cannot go down. That is where PL ALTESS comes in. As the Agile Center of Excellence for the Program Executive Office Enterprise (PEO Enterprise), the U.S. Army Product Lead Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services (PL ALTESS) runs enterprise-class data centers that host hundreds of programs, thousands of virtual servers, and millions of users worldwide, 24x7x365. Our team delivers the full spectrum of IT services: data center and Service Operations Center operations, network and systems administration, cybersecurity, cloud and application modernization, disaster recovery, and lifecycle testing across physical, virtual, and cloud architectures spanning multiple geographic locations. If you want your work to matter at mission scale, this is the place.

The opportunity: Join a seasoned UNIX team running a mixed, growing environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, and Solaris. You will harden, tune, automate, and modernize the servers that hundreds of programs depend on, and you will have real influence on where the enterprise goes next.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot, and support RHEL/Oracle Linux and Solaris servers across a mixed customer environment.
• Plan, execute, and implement new system hardware and software, and lead new HW/SW integrations.
• Monitor and tune system performance, and keep day-to-day server operations running smoothly.
• Harden servers (STIG, SELinux, firewalld) and report on overall security and operational status.
• Produce utilization reports with existing tools to identify problems and drive corrective actions.
• Manage the lifecycle of multi-vendor data center equipment, including firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance.
• Create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures, and policies.
• Recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies that expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency in the environment.

WHAT YOU BRING (REQUIRED)

• Minimum of 12 years w/o a degree; 10 years with AS/AA; 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
• DoD 8140 qualified for DCWF 451 – System Administrator at the Intermediate proficiency level 
• Computing environment / platform certification for the technologies supported (e.g., Red Hat RHCSA/RHCE, Oracle Linux OCP, Oracle Solaris 11 OCP); may be waived for 30 days after project start (PWS requirement — no longer mandated by DoD 8140, kept as a contract requirement). 
• Background in Computer Science or IT.
• Active DoW Secret security clearance
• US Citizenship
• 3+ years as a UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator or IT Engineer, including automating assigned tasks.
• 3+ years of patch management experience, including applying security updates with DNF/YUM and RPM.
• 3+ years working in complex network environments: VLANs; troubleshooting tools such as ip/ifconfig, ss/netstat, and ssh; and system hardening with firewalld/iptables and hosts files.
• 3+ years managing a large pool of local users from the command line.
• 3+ years creating, maintaining, and following SOPs for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
• 3+ years configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a team-player mindset.

WHAT SETS YOU APART (DESIRED)

• 3+ years of basic and advanced SELinux management and configuration.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity patch management, STIGs, SRGs, RMF, SCA-V, and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA).
• Automation experience with Ansible, Bash, or Python.
• Experience deploying large-scale hardware and software enhancements or upgrades across widely distributed geographic sites.

WORKLOCATION:

• Radford, VA or remote

Ready to keep the mission running? Apply today and join the team that keeps Army enterprise systems up 24x7x365.