Systems Admin III

The mission of Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) is to develop an enterprise-level, consolidated information technology infrastructure that provides exceptional IT capabilities to the Frederick National Labs for Cancer Research (NCI-Frederick/FNLCR) in support of basic, translational, and clinical cancer and AIDS research. The IT Operations Group (ITOG) is a part of Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) within Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. ITOG is responsible for computational servers, storage servers, virtual machine infrastructure, and the FNLCR network. ITOG focuses on implementing enterprise IT best practices in the areas of computational services, storage, backup, and archiving; batch and application support; server consolidation and virtualization; network infrastructure; unification of voice, teleconferencing, and video communication technologies; and improved infrastructure for collocation of dedicated servers.

KEY ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide system management and administration functions, including requirements analysis, systems configuration and performance monitoring,
Responsible for ensuring the availability, reliability and security of the Linux operating system in both physical and virtual environments,
Install and maintain hardware, software, and applications,
Evaluate user needs or problems and takes appropriate action to resolve them,
Implement proof of concept models for new technologies prior to release in to the production environment,
Monitor system performance and makes adjustments to the system software or hardware when required,
Participate in the integration of hardware and software which will include interfacing with hardware and software vendors for support,
Adhere to configuration management principles across development, stage, and production environments.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Level III
Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.(Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education).Foreign degrees must be evaluated for US equivalency
In addition to the education requirements, a minimum of five (5) years of experience installing and maintaining CentOS Linux
Experience in deploying virtual machine servers from VMware templates
Experience administering Apache web and tomcat servers
Experience in installing and maintaining physical servers
Experience in installing and maintaining hardware, software, and applications
Experienced in shell, perl, or python scripting
Assists in batch infrastructure configuration and daily operations
Level IV

Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.(Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education).Foreign degrees must be evaluated for US equivalency
In additional to the education requirements, a minimum of eight (8) years of experience installing and maintaining CentOS Linux
Experience administering Apache web and tomcat servers
Experience with puppet/satellite/foreman configuration managers
Proficientin shell, perl, or python scripting
Proficient in one or more compiled languages (C, fortran, C++)
Technical experience in compiling, installing, and testing open-source scientific applications
Excellent problem management and troubleshooting skilles and abilities to diagnose and resolve system related problems
Develops and maintains detailed and accurate documentation of Linux and application related procedures

All candidates must have the following:
Understanding of IT systems best practices such as ITIL and the implementation of these practices, including the documentation and testing of systems
Excellent communication and customer service skills
Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
Experience with bioinformatics applications
Experience with container software such as Docker
Experience with Cisco UCS and/or HPE blade technologies
Experience with Ubuntu Linux
Experience in working in an Active Directory environment
Medium level understanding of TCP/IP based networking
Medium level understanding of network file systems
MySQL, mariadb, MS SQL, or Oracle experience
Medium level understanding of system and application security
Moderate skills with Microsoft Office products

EXPECTED COMPETENCIES
Build new servers from existing custom cd images or VM templates
Update patches of operating systems and applications
Configure systems to meet NCI/NIH/HHS security and functional standards
Monitor system performance and make adjustments to hardware and/or software to mitigate problems
Functional understanding of interactions between network, network storage, and operating systems
Create, review, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Service Level Agreements (SLA)

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