Senior Systems Administrator

Leidos

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Maryland, United States

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Maryland, United States

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Description Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?Unleash your potential at Leidos,where we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!The Digital Modernization Sector brings together our digital transformation and IT programs, allowing us to better serve our customers through scale and repeatability.(Group Profile/Link to Group page) - https://www.leidos.com/capabilities/digital-modernizationWe are seeking a talented and energetic candidate to work with the best and brightest employees around the country in creating innovative all-encompassing solutions for our programs. You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment, enjoy flexible work arrangements, and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth. In this role, you will gain many intangible skills, such as time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving, the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner, as well as solve complex problems using available tools.Primary ResponsibilitiesResponsible for NASA server architecture and configuration.Ensure the day-to-day operation and ongoing support of Servers and Systems including event, fault, and performance management.Develop solutions to monitor, notify, and correct anomalies/alarms.Evaluate the current architecture. Design the environment and software layers to provide for a reliable, scalable, secure and highly available Linux environment.Find gaps in the Linux environment and use analytical skills and knowledge of problem-solving methodologies to provide solutions.Lead efforts and work closely with systems administrators, database and application administrators/programmers, network engineers/analysts and outside vendors in engineering solutions or resolving problems.Act as a lead consulting and training resource for server architectural environment.Provide guidance to systems administrators, network engineers/analysts on the configuration of server hardware and architectures to meet application and service requirements.Lead IR&D efforts to identify new solutions, communicating solutions and progress with Senior and Program Management.Work closely with vendors or other groups within the organization to correct problems or perform root cause analysis.Analyze and make formal recommendations on optimization and capacity planning for systems.Design, develop, and maintain process automation scripts and utilities written in BASH/Python and other programing languages as required.Develop and maintain documentation related to the design, installation, administration, and maintenance of multiple Linux systems in a distributed computing environment.Ensure stability, viability and maintenance of the 24/7 mission-critical production environment.Prepare weekly reports on significant events.Write test plans and conduct product evaluations in a lab environment.Be available to support and participate after hours critical incident management events as required.Design and maintain a repeatable, documented patch deployment methodology for system administrators to implement.Diagnosis complex performance issues and facilitate recovery of failed systems in accordance with customer Service Level AgreementsBasic Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of related experience. Years of experience may be accepted in place of degree.Must have experience with UNIX server administration including RedHat LINUX platform.Preferred Qualifications:Understanding of IP addressing, subnetting, and routing.Solid understanding of data and telecommunication technologies and networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP, IPv6, VPNs, firewalls, etc.Experience in server architectures, storage architectures, virtualization, monitoring tools, backup/restore, performance tuning/capacity planning, documentation, server managementDemonstrated knowledge/experience working with VMWare hypervisors and architecture.Working knowledge of database management, security and data access technologiesDemonstrated excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills for effective interaction with customers, co-workers and external entities.Proven ability to provide project leadership as well as work routine tasks with minimal supervision.Original Posting Date:2025-02-14While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.Pay Range:Pay Range $89,700.00 - $162,150.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Nice-to-have skills

Bash
Database Management
Firewalls
IPV6
Performance Tuning
Python
Routing
Security
TCP/IP
Virtualization

Maryland, United States

Work experience

System Engineer
Solutions Architect
Systems Administrator

Languages

English

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