Secret Linux Administrator

Location: Fairfax, VA (100% onsite) Length: 6-month contract to hire Salary: 130k-150k Clearance: Secret – will be processed for a public trust clearance (4–6-week onboarding) Requirements: Active Secret Clearance & ability obtain a public trust 5 years of Senior Linux System Admin experience Hands-on experience using RedHat Satellite Server and RedHat IDM Experience with RHEL version 8/9 Experience with Linux scripting/patching Linux Automation experience (ansible or other) Experience launching a new machine and hardening it Job Description: We are seeking a Senior Linux Systems Admin/Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for administrative duties within: Managing user accounts via Active Directory and managing Linux with Red Hat Identity Management. Assisting in patching of Linux Servers and installation of Linux Applications on Linux servers. Assisting in application of systems analysis, techniques, and procedures. Create and install Linux servers in Nutanix, AWS and Azure. Deployment of new applications. Installation and configuration of RedHat Enterprise 7, 8 & 9. Linux system troubleshooting and system maintenance. Conduct Linux server security hardening. Patching servers using Ansible playbooks on Red Hat Satellite server. Installed and updated software packages using yum or rpm from Red Hat Network. Red Hat Package Management (RPM) and YUM package installation and maintenance. Prepare and provide SOP documents on any new Linux tasks. Overall management of Redhat Linux Virtual Machines. Create and Install Redhat Linux VMs via Microsoft Azure and AWS. Adding data disk drives to Linux VMs. Research and troubleshooting complex issues on Redhat Linux Servers. Monthly patching of Dev and Production Linux VMs. Created swap space, expanding partitions, and extending disk drive for Linux VMs. Expand CPU’s and RAM on Windows 10 servers. Backup and Restore Virtual Machines as needed. Interpreting system log files, starting and stopping virtual machines, diagnosing, and correcting file permission. Manage running systems by identifying CPU/memory intensive processes. Configure local storage by creating/modifying partitions, logical volumes, and swap nondestructively. Assign physical volumes to volume groups; created/modified logical volumes. Set filesystems to mount at boot. Create, mount, and unmount file systems (ext4, xfs). Scheduled tasks using cron and ‘at’ utilities. Maintain and troubleshoot network connectivity. Configure remote access to services through SSH, NFS, and SMB.