Senior System Administrator
We seek a qualified Systems Administrator to support the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s efforts to keep sensitive law enforcement and intelligence data secure via the FBI’s cross-domain system (CDS). The candidate will join a small team at the FBI Datacenter in Pocatello, Idaho, which is responsible for providing Engineering and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) support on existing CDS systems. It is important to note that this position is part of a team that provides off-hours support, as needed, at the designated FBI processing facility.
On our team, the Data Center Systems Administrator duties typically include, but may not be limited to:
- Deployment of new systems, integration of new technologies and services, and troubleshooting data flows by applying diverse skills in system engineering, administration, management, and security.
- Provide immediate response and problem resolution to critical system incident tickets
- Manage systems in a VMWare environment
- Install COTS/GOTS and custom software, firmware updates, operating system patches of CDS guards, and antivirus software updates
- Monitor the systems for possible system problems
- Resolve system problems by analyzing the problem for resolution paths, implementing solutions, and/or working with vendors to resolve issues
- Respond and resolve incident tickets within required response times
- Run scripts to gather production system metrics and statistics
- Set-up/maintain user accounts
- Support system security vulnerability scan activities
- Participate in program standup meetings to discuss system status, technical issues, or coordinate production system changes.
- Provide significant direct contact with the immediate customer and the organization’s CDS staff
Profile of the ideal candidate for this position (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):
- Possess an active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility (and ability to obtain CI Poly)
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline OR two (2) years professional experience demonstrating the basic requirements
- Experience working on a team and helping team members complete tasks in support of IT systems
- Linux system administration experience demonstrated in a large complex enterprise environment
- Understanding of and/or experience in network administration, installation of networking appliances, cabling and cable termination in a large enterprise IT environment
- Ability to provide and support data center activities including, but not limited to, rack and stacking equipment, pull cable, and terminating cables
- Experience with Virtual Environment administration
- Ability to stay organized and follow written instructions or technical guides
- Ability to prioritize tasks to maintain / deploy IT systems
- Ability to quickly adapt to new system environments and interface with systems
- Interested in working on a broad range of problems and technology and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work independently and at times function as the only company representative working directly with customer IT team
- Ability to follow change management processes, which may include updating technical documentation
- Ability to demonstrate good judgement and written/verbal communications
Preferred (nice-to-have, but not absolutely mandatory) Qualifications:
A qualified candidate does not need to possess the following skills, but experience in any of these areas will be beneficial
in setting the candidate apart from others. Candidates who do not have these skills can learn some of these attributes while on the job:
- Experience in testing complex IT systems
- Experience in system integration, test, debug of COTS/GOTS systems
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills to integrate new capabilities
- Experience with Virtual Environment administration, specifically the installation, configuration, and management
of: Type 1 hypervisors (ESXi, KVM, others), Virtual Machine configurations, and VM Management environment
(e.g. vCenter/vSphere and associated networking and storage)
- Proficiency in installing, hardening, patching, backup and restore of Linux systems
- Experience with system hardening (STIGS)
- Experience testing Apache Nifi flowfile application (What is Apache NiFi?)
- Experience in networking, particularly system integration of physical/virtual servers with routers and firewalls in current data center environments
- Integration of one or more cross domain products (guards, one-way transfers, multi-level access solutions)
- Ability to perform bare metal server builds, backup/restore
- Experience integrating with typical IT support infrastructure services: LDAP, Active Directory, log archive
- Various security products, security architecture, security assessment tools, and information assurance standards
- Small scale development of script level routines: languages (shell script, Perl)
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- VMWare: 1 year (Preferred)
- Linux: 2 years (Required)
- Linux system administration: 2 years (Required)