System Administrator

This is a full-time position, and requires a TS/SCI/Full Scope Polygraph Clearance. 2HB Incorporated is seeking a VMWare Systems Administrator in order to support its government customers in Laurel, MD. The Candidate shall install, upgrade, patch, and perform maintenance on hosts (hypervisors) that contain virtual machines, and any virtualization hardware and software necessary to operate and maintain the virtual infrastructure. The Candidate shall ensure that all development and modifications to existing US Government (USG) applications comply with USG's security accreditation and authorization requirements, governance policies and regulations. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS The Contractor shall: Demonstrated, seasoned, current experience with VMWare, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Hypervisors (i.e., Horizon, Citrix, etc.), Application Volumes, Microsoft Windows golden images. and Windows/Linux experience Provide expert support in the administration and maintenance of the Enterprise Linux infrastructure. Provide support in information security system requirements and design applicable to Linux hosts. Provide technical input and assist in the maintenance of system administration, security policy and procedure documentation. Document the system configuration to include dependencies to external services, known good operational configurations (Authentication/Authorization/Accounting (AAA), allocated system resources, etc.) and standard operating procedures (startup/shutdown, backup, upgrade, etc.). Ensure compliance with Sponsor's Security compliance requirements. Provide technical input to assist in the cloud hosting strategic direction of the system. Configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot Configuration Management tool components including Linux and Database Administration. Develop monitoring dashboards to alert on software operational status. REQUIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE The Candidate shall ensure, for the duration of the contract, that contractor personnel assigned to work under this contract maintain institutional knowledge and competency level necessary for all required skills, to include demonstrated on-the-job experience. The Candidate shall possess and provide the following required skills and demonstrated experience: • Using puppet or other software configuration management tool. • Managing Linux system patches. • Demonstrated experience with scanning and mitigating IAVA vulnerabilities. • Demonstrated experience with SYSLOG data and server environment. • Demonstrated experience with Linux (RHEL, CENTOS, or similar). • Demonstrated experience performing system administration with applications such Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby or similar scripting tools or software, etc. • Demonstrated experience with Database Administration. • Demonstrated experience with configuration management. • Demonstrated experience with system monitoring such as reviewing memory or processes using Linux commands such as top and PS. • Demonstrated experience with general troubleshooting skills in Linux, and Puppet. DESIRED SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE • Demonstrated experience with or understanding of authentication and authorization fundamentals in US Government's IT environment. • Demonstrated experience with web application development. • Demonstrated experience maintaining a VMware or Hyper-V infrastructure. • Demonstrated experience with Windows Operating Systems. • Demonstrated experience or familiarity with Server/RAID. • Demonstrated programming experience in bash, ruby, or python. • Demonstrated understanding of authentication and authorization fundamentals within the USG or USG's partner's network. • Demonstrated on-the-job experience in identifying, integrating and implementing technology-enabled solutions and industry-best practices for the Sponsor. • Demonstrated on-the-job experience with Greenlight/XACTA. • Demonstrated on-the-job experience supporting and managing a Hadoop environment. • Certifications: o Atlassian Certification o Microsoft Certifications o Cisco Network Certifications o Linux Certifications o VMware Certifications o ITIL certifications o Cloudera Certified Administrator This is a full-time position, and requires a TS/SCI/Full Scope Polygraph Clearance.