Solaris Systems Administrator

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Signalink, Inc., Madison, AL

Signalink is seeking a Solaris Systems Administrator to join our join our team.

If you want to be at forefront of technological advances, work for a family oriented small business, have a Bachelor of Science degree, in a technical or scientific field, from an accredited institution with 5 years or more demonstrated experience apply today.

Job Requirements:

Operate as the system admin for the Apache PPSS lab and report to the project manager
Work independently with general direction and as a team member
Perform daily, weekly, monthly, and annual operational maintenance, support, and software upgrades for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers, Windows 10 workstations, and Solaris 10 servers.
Manages multiple servers comprising multiple virtual machines (VMs) using VMware’s ESXi hypervisor, vSphere client VM manager, and vCenter system manager.
Continually monitors and tunes system resources to achieve optimum performance, maximize system uptime, and troubleshoot system problems
Performs complex software installations and upgrades to the operating systems, system services, application support packages, and application programs for Windows, and Linux software product deliverables
Schedule backups, installations, and upgrades and maintain the system hardware and software in accordance with the customer’s IT and IA policies and procedures
Ensure system and application data recoverability by maintaining a schedule of system backups, database archives, and restoration operations
Provide quick reaction support to the Common Test Environment (CTE) development team and the gov't customer, to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve system problems
Works with the engineering team to ensure system and application data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions
Works with the engineering team to plan, implement, and test upgrades to the system hardware and software
Works with the IA team on security vulnerability and compliance scanning of the system servers and workstations as required under a DoD Authority to Operate (ATO)
Works with the IA team to maintain a Risk Management Framework (RMF) posture and participate in the RMF activities required to achieve and maintain an ATO
Executes and promotes standard operating procedures and schedules
Conducts hardware and software audits of servers, workstations, and mobile devices to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines
Successful candidate will be able to perform day-to-day maintenance, operations and support for enterprise level operating systems, zero clients and servers.
Will direct and perform upgrades to end user and network operations center systems.
Monitors system analyzing appliances and takes action, as necessary, to tune system performance and/or mitigate actual and perceived threats to systems.
Ensures data integrity and storage to Federal standards.
Conducts audits of equipment and production systems and creates appropriate reports.
Support VDI/VMware environment

Required Education/Experience:

Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience
Masters and three (3) years or more experience
PhD and 0 years related experience
(years of experience can be used in lieu of degree)

Certifications:

Must have a CompTIA Security+ certification
Must have a RedHat Linux certification

Required Skills:

Experience in Linux operating systems
Experience in Windows server and workstation system administration including Windows Server 2012 and 2016.
Solaris 10 server experience
Experience in VMware virtual machines, services, and tools
Experience in the interpretation of IA vulnerability and compliance and scan reports and the implementation of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) to remove vulnerabilities for IA compliance
Experience with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process and compliance with an Authority to Operate (ATO)
Experience in server architectures, storage architectures, virtualization, monitoring tools, backup/restore, performance tuning/capacity planning, documentation, server management
Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills for effective interaction with customers and co-workers

Clearance Requirements:

Active current DoD SECRET clearance is required

Required Competencies:

Honesty

Superior ethics
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to be a team player
Initiative
Professionalism