Unix System Administrator (TS)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Production Support Team

Unix System Administrator / Systems Engineer

Location: Alexandria, VA

Clearance: Top Secret

Position Overview:

The successful candidate will participate in a team environment supporting a U.S. Government contract that provides personnel security management to DOD. The position involves the development, test, and production support of a web application with a Sybase database. The candidate will need strong analytical skills, strong communication skills, and extensive experience in UNIX.  Exposure and experience working with various middleware products is preferred.

Essential Function:

The candidate will be involved in the day-to-day support of a UNIX Solaris operating system development environment for a web application with a Sybase database.  Additionally, occasional evening and weekend support for production deployments is required.  Strong analytical skills and experience with the ability to communicate is a must.  Strong understanding of UNIX, Shell scripting, and relational databases is needed. Must be able to work in a team environment and independently with minimum management oversight. Must possess high energy and strong motivation to make a difference.  The work is fast paced and with changing priorities. Task switching without loss of productivity is a must.

Pre-Requisites:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Current DoD Top Secret clearance (based on SSBI investigation)
• Security+ certification is required, or must be obtained within 3 months
• UNIX System Administrator certification is preferred
• 2 - 3 years hands-on experience with the UNIX operating system as a Systems Administrator; preference is that the experience be with Solaris but any Unix OS experience is acceptable.  Experience must include system startup/shutdown, backups, vulnerability management, and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product upgrading/loading/troubleshooting.
• Experience working with middleware products such as Tomcat, Apache, Redhat JBoss-EAP, and Java is preferred
• Ability to assist with developing procedural and technical documentation
• Ability to follow project plans (system migrations and software release upgrade)
• Ability to work evening and weekend hours on a rotational basis for production deployments
• Experience in supporting software developers in development environments
• Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of UNIX and web-related security postures, skills and best-practices
• Must be able to effectively articulate complex, technical concepts to on-site clients, non-technical management and co-contractors
• Must demonstrate a strong sense of self-motivation and direction
• A team player
• Understanding of application development lifecycle processes is a plus
• Common office software skills (Word, Excel, Visio)
• Strong motivation to make a difference
• Familiarity with Department of Defense personnel security issues is a plus

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We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Contact Information: Please send resumes to View email address on ziprecruiter.com.