Tier II Linux Administrator - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Linux Environments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), System Administration

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Tier II Linux Administrator supporting our intelligence customer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an Systems Administrator will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared professional joining our team to support or intelligence customer in Springfield, VA.

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking an IT Engineer with Microsoft Enterprise Systems Administrator Advisor or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) experience to join our team in support of a Federal Intelligence Agency contract. In addition to receiving a competitive salary and generous health and personal benefits, the IT Engineer will enhance their skill set among a talented and technically accomplished group of colleagues.

Primary responsibilities include providing Tier II support maintaining multiple large Enterprise environments. The supporting infrastructure includes multiple Microsoft based networks spanning multiple security enclaves within a hybrid (Windows & RHEL) operating environment.

Job Responsibilities & Duties:

System Administrative Advisory duties to include management of both physical and VDI based Windows and Linux workstations

• Troubleshoot user, workstation and application functionality, performance and incident resolution for both Linux and Windows based applications

• Identifies, analyzes, and resolve incidents with both short-term workarounds and long-term solutions

• Provide remote end user support and remotely work with geographically disperse Tier 2 and Tier 3 team members

• Communicate effectively (in oral and written form) with a variety of individuals and team members in both small and large team environments

• Willingness to participate in special projects as needed

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.

• 5+ years of related systems administration experience

• TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

• Candidate must possess an appropriate and current DoD Information Assurance (IA) Certification to be considered for employment; either valid CompTIA Security+ CE, Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) or Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)-Security . CompTIA Security+ CE Certification is the preferred certification. In addition, candidate must attain the required DoD 8570 Computing Environment (CE) Training within six (6) months of Hire Date.

Successful candidates are expected to have related experience and knowledge/understanding of:

• Active Directory Administration

• DNS, DHCP, DFS, LDAP in a Windows or Linux environment

• Windows 10, Server 2012, Server 2016

• Application Troubleshooting such as Outlook, Excel, Word, JAVA, Internet Explorer, Firefox

• Linux Operating system as a server or desktop (RHEL 6/7/8, CentOS 6/7/Stream, Scientific Linux 6/7, Fedora)

• Understanding of Samba and NFS file sharing protocols

• Understanding of ServiceNow, NETS or other ticketing process

• ITIL v3 or higher

The following knowledge/skill set is not required but is a plus:

• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager

• PowerShell

• Virtualization Environments (VMware, Citrix)

• Profile management utilizing the VMware User Experience Management (UEM) toolset

• Microsoft Exchange

• Telephone/Video support

• Networking

• Familiarity with site specific customer and mission

• Linux scripting (Python, Perl, Ruby, Bash)

• Gnome and KDE desktop environments

• Puppet or Ansible experience

• Linux Kickstart

• Red Hat Satellite or Foreman/Katello

• Dell/EMC Isilon and Netapp storage appliances

• Experience with monitoring tools like SCOM, Zabbix or Nagios

• DoD STIG hardening

• Containerization (Docker, Podman)

• Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

Location: On Customer Site
US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in supply chain and logistics at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who thrive on efficiency, accuracy, and accountability. The likely salary range for this position is $107,744 - $122,475. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Springfield

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at

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