Infrastructure System Administrator

SAIC•San Diego, CA

About The Position

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline. SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives. We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com . For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom . SAIC is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator to join our Technical Engineering and Design Department in support of our United States Air Force customer. We have positions available in San Diego and Honolulu. Responsible for asset installation/configuration, operation and maintenance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure. Configure and manage operating systems (Windows and Linux), applications (commercial and government), networks (IPs, subnets, etc.), and network equipment (switches) Configure and manage DOD and IC standard distributed authentication services Build up systems from "bare metal" in alignment with accredited baselines Ensure that system hardware, operating systems, software systems and related procedures adhere to government policies. Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions. Perform daily backup operations. Perform regular file archival and purge, as necessary. Create, change and delete user accounts per request. Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades and resource optimization, as required. Repair and recover from hardware or software failures for multiple sites. Establishes, documents, and monitor the government’s cyber security program implementation plan. Maintain facility video distribution system and displays. Other tasks and duties as assigned Contribute technical content and tutorials to product documentation Familiarity with distributed systems like Hadoop, HBase/Accumulo, Spark and Kafka Experience with Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Powershell, and Python tools 5+ years of experience with implementation and understanding of Engineering principles in a professional environment Experience maintaining, configuring, operating and troubleshooting complex electronic computer interface systems and network equipment Knowledge of U.S. Government computers, networks, and security Past experience administering server-side technology and networked computing systems. Familiarity with DNS / DHCP / Kickstart / LDAP / Kubernetes / Red Hat 7&8 / Windows 10 / ACAS / Rancher / Grafana / Cloud Security Gateway Maintain and create system documentation. Ability to surge hours worked through events Able to create simple scripts (i.e. powershell or bash) Ability to automate installation, configuration, and provisioning using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. Ability to configure and manage operating systems (Windows and Linux), applications (commercial and government), networks (IPs, subnets, etc.), and network equipment (switches) Ability to configure and manage DOD and IC standard distributed authentication services Advantageous to have knowledge of DOD and IC network infrastructures Knowledge of Joint IO Range, Defense Research and Engineering Network, and other similar environments beneficial

Requirements

Familiarity with distributed systems like Hadoop, HBase/Accumulo, Spark and Kafka
Experience with Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Powershell, and Python tools
5+ years of experience with implementation and understanding of Engineering principles in a professional environment
Experience maintaining, configuring, operating and troubleshooting complex electronic computer interface systems and network equipment
Knowledge of U.S. Government computers, networks, and security
Past experience administering server-side technology and networked computing systems.
Familiarity with DNS / DHCP / Kickstart / LDAP / Kubernetes / Red Hat 7&8 / Windows 10 / ACAS / Rancher / Grafana / Cloud Security Gateway
Able to create simple scripts (i.e. powershell or bash)
Ability to automate installation, configuration, and provisioning using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
Ability to configure and manage operating systems (Windows and Linux), applications (commercial and government), networks (IPs, subnets, etc.), and network equipment (switches)
Ability to configure and manage DOD and IC standard distributed authentication services

Nice To Haves

Advantageous to have knowledge of DOD and IC network infrastructures
Knowledge of Joint IO Range, Defense Research and Engineering Network, and other similar environments beneficial

Responsibilities

Responsible for asset installation/configuration, operation and maintenance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure.
Configure and manage operating systems (Windows and Linux), applications (commercial and government), networks (IPs, subnets, etc.), and network equipment (switches)
Configure and manage DOD and IC standard distributed authentication services
Build up systems from "bare metal" in alignment with accredited baselines
Ensure that system hardware, operating systems, software systems and related procedures adhere to government policies.
Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
Perform daily backup operations.
Perform regular file archival and purge, as necessary.
Create, change and delete user accounts per request.
Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades and resource optimization, as required.
Repair and recover from hardware or software failures for multiple sites.
Establishes, documents, and monitor the government’s cyber security program implementation plan.
Maintain facility video distribution system and displays.
Other tasks and duties as assigned
Contribute technical content and tutorials to product documentation
Maintain and create system documentation.
Ability to surge hours worked through events