Linux Systems Administrator

Translucent Services is seeking a full-time Linux Systems Administrator for our Department of Defense HPC/AI/ML organization. Our High-Performance Computing (HPC) business is critical to our overall strategy and is focused on delivering innovative solutions that accelerate our customers' digital transformations and enable them to tackle their most demanding, complex, and data-intensive workloads. A current TS/SCI with a full scope polygraph Clearance is required.

We are seeking Linux Systems Administrators to:

• Support a large client-server-based IT enterprise in installation, configuration, and networking of Linux and Windows based platforms.
• Oversee servers running Red Hat, CentOS, SolarisX64, SuSe, Virtual Appliances, with direct attached and FC SAN storage.
• Troubleshoot PXE and DHCP boot process.
• Perform Microsoft Exchange Policy management, mailbox management, enterprise-level, multi-site design and architecture.
• Support Tier 3 Infrastructure services such as: DNS, NIS, Active Directory, Centrify, Zenoss, SiteScope, HP Openview, HP Oneview, HPSA, HPSE, SPLUNK, Sendmail, Exchange, NetQoS, Infoblox, Nagios, HP Cluster Management
• Install, configure, tune and troubleshoot multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, open source and in-house applications.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills:

• TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph clearance is REQUIRED.
• Ability to work onsite 100% of the time.
• Candidates shall have a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field and have 5 to 7 years of demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a client-server-based IT enterprise.
• Or the individual shall have 5 to 7 years of full-time computer science work that can be substituted for the bachelor's degree or demonstrable experience in system administration and support of a client-server-based IT enterprise.
• An industry recognized professional certification may substitute as one year of experience.
• IAT Level II Certification Required.

Experience with the following:
Servers running Red Hat, CentOS, SolarisX64, SuSe, Virtual Appliances, with direct attached and FC SAN storage.

• Large SPU, memory SMP systems and clusters with many cores
• Enterprise client server configurations (Group Policy, Centrify, DNS, LDAP
• Linux Scripting (Bash, Perl, etc)
• Linux Logical Volume Management (LVM)
• Distributed Filesystems
• Configuration Management tools
• Experience troubleshooting PXE and DHCP boot process.
• Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS, and CXFS, EXT4, CIFS, NFS, NFSClustered
• Blade systems and associated interconnects (iSCSI, SAD, FC, TCP/IP, etc.)
• Advanced Red Hat/CentOS and Microsoft Windows Operating System (including Group Policy management)
• Microsoft Exchange policy management, mailbox management, enterprise-level multi-site design and architecture
• Enterprise Active Directory/Centrify Zone management (creation, update, RBAC)
• Thin client solutions based on Virtual bridges and Centrix, VPN
• Experience with Enterprise Virtualization products; VMWare, vSphere, vCenter, vRealize Automation, vSAN, vSwitch, Distributed Switch, Console management
• OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes
• Installation, configuration, tuning, troubleshooting and administration of: Multi-vendor servers running numerous COTS, opensource, and in-house applications to accommodate HPC Division IT support requirements.
• Multi-vendor servers running Red Hat or SuSe with direct attached, FC SAN storage or SSDs
• High Speed Networks to include Ethernet and InfiniBand, Distributing computing tools such as ReS, LSF, and SLURM
• HPC farm systems, HPC MPP clustered systems, Front End servers of Special Purpose devices (SPDs)
• IBM of HP Blade servers with FC/SAS/Network back end
• Multi-vendor filesystems such as XFS, GPFS and Lustre, or experience with parallel or distributed file systems
• Pre-Factory testing, Factory testing, System integration, and Acceptance testing during the purchase process of the HPS systems.

Join our team as a Systems Administrator where you will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment while enhancing your technical skills. We look forward to your application

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

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

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a current TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph Clearance?

Ability to Commute:

• Fort Meade, MD Required)

Work Location: On the road