Job description

System Administrator

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, United States
Travel: Yes, Up to 10% of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: No Remote

Job Description

Inpursuit LLC is currently looking for an System Administrator in Fairfax, VA.

As a member of a System Administrator team for a large Linux enterprise system, the primary responsibility of the System Administrator will be to maintain, upgrade and provide support for Linux operating systems and infrastructure. The candidate needs to be able to diagnose and resolve problems and respond to issues in a timely manner. The individual should be able to easily communicate technical concerns and solutions to
people with varying degrees of technical knowledge as well as working with said individuals to resolve technical issues. Responsibilities also include but are not limited to maintaining system infrastructure, supporting upgrades and patches for Security and application support, testing patches prior to pushing to the enterprise, and testing/building new and existing servers. The ideal candidate would have experience in a
traditional bare metal and VM environment as well as Cloud environments with a desire to gravitate more to the later.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively manage system infrastructure including, databases, testing computer equipment, and other software and hardware.
• Provide technical support for both hardware and software issues that may arise.
• Perform system monitoring and analysis verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, performance tuning and troubleshooting of servers, software and hardware and respond to anomalies.
• Regularly upgrade system software and firmware as required.
• Assist in integrating new applications and technologies into the current system.

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• BS degree in Computer Science or similar field preferred, relevant work experience may be substituted.
• 5+ years of experience as a system administrator.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Linux operating system.
• General understanding of IP networks, switching, subnets and VLANs.
• General understanding of hardware to include Servers, Blade Chassis, Fiber Channels, SANS
• Ability to respond to support requests after hours.
• Flexible and able to adapt to rapidly changing environment.
• Knowledge of system security concerns and vulnerabilities.
• Experience with RH Directory Server or FOSS alternatives
• Problem-solving abilities.
• Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete tasks independently.
• IA certification (either Security+ or CISSP).

Desired

• Good knowledge of several scripting languages.
• GITLAB and puppet experience
• GPFS/IBM ESS experience desirable
• Experience with Cloud Environments and architectures under K8s orchestration

About Us

InPursuit, LLC was founded in 2011 with the vision of providing our clients with a highly experienced professional staff from a small, dynamic, adaptable company. Our company founders have had distinguished careers with large and small government consulting and professional services firms. We harnessed our experience, lessons learned, and best practices to form InPursuit - a company focused on our customers' missions.

We pride ourselves in running a consulting firm that holds no conflicts of interest, corporate biases or hidden business agendas. InPursuit focuses on client priorities, always putting the mission first, with corporate operations that are transparent and seamless. InPursuit intentionally keeps our overhead low so that we can provide better expertise at lower overall cost.

​Our good business ethics, subject matter expertise, and mission focus has been the cornerstone of our reputation with our clients. InPursuit is known as a source of great talent and ethical advice. The founders have experience working across several intelligence agencies, all military commands and the regional combatant commands, the military and intelligence research and development centers, and within the Pentagon. We strive to bring this experience to our customers to assist in providing context and support for their decisions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to work out of ADF-E near Fort Belvoir?

Security clearance:

• Top Secret (Required)

Work Location: One location

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