Linux Systems and Application Administrator IV

Job ID: req4081

Employee Type: exempt full-time

Division: Enterprise Information Technology

Facility: Frederick: Ft Detrick

Location: PO Box B, Frederick, MD 21702 USA

The Frederick National Laboratory is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases.

Accountability, Compassion, Collaboration, Dedication, Integrity and Versatility; it's the FNL way.

Program Description

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

The Information Technology Operations Group, part of Enterprise Information Technology, is responsible for information technology infrastructure, including high performance computing, enterprise storage, physical and virtual server infrastructure, networking and advanced telecommunications at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. This position will provide technical support and solutions to the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research centered on Linux and Windows based technologies in a VMware environment.

The Following Tasks Will Need To Be Performed

• Provide application support and troubleshooting on Linux and Windows systems, including requirements analysis, systems configuration and performance monitoring
• Evaluate and determine system requirements for new scientific applications and facilitate implementation
• Work with users to evaluate, troubleshoot and remedy needs and problems
• Monitor system performance and adjust as required
• Manage system monitoring servers and application (SolarWinds) and install/configure monitoring agents as necessary
• Participate in the integration of hardware and software, including vendors for support
• Adhere to change management principles in production environments
• Determining firewall requirements and submitting requests for changes
• Develop and maintain documentation of scientific application configurations. Routinely review documentation for accuracy
• Analyzes problems and provide technical assistance, support, and advice to end users for software, and systems
  
  
  

Basic Qualifications

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• 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 eight (8) years of experience installing and maintaining CentOS and/or Oracle Linux
• Experience in monitoring system performance and availability
• Experience administering Apache web and Tomcat servers
• Experience with SolarWinds
• Experience in installing and maintaining hardware, software, and applications
• Experienced in shell, perl, or python scripting
• Excellent problem management and troubleshooting skills and abilities to diagnose and resolve system related problems
• Understanding of IT systems best practices such as ITIL and the implementation of these practices, including the documentation and testing of systems
• Ability to organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Strong attention to detail and follow-through skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience with IT ticketing systems, e.g., ServiceNow
• Experience serving as an expert in troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving complex end-user device incidents and problems
• Excellent verbal, written, and people skills
• Possess and apply expertise on multiple complex work assignments
• Ability to work collaboratively with others
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:

• Medium level understanding of TCP/IP based networking
• MySQL, mariadb, MS SQL, or Oracle experience is a plus
• Medium level understanding of system and application security
• Moderate skills with Microsoft Office products
• Experience with Linux apps, such CyroSpark, genome processing
• Experience with GPU enabled machines & apps
• Experience with HPC configuration or clustering
  
  
  

EXPECTED COMPETENCIES

• Monitor servers and applications using SolarWinds
• Work with application owners and users to determine requirements and optimal workflow
• Install and configure web services such as apache, Django, or tomcat
• Monitor system performance and adjust hardware and/or software to mitigate problems
• Create, review, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
  
  
  

JOB HAZARDS

• This position is considered a safety-sensitive position and will be subject to random drug testing per the Leidos Biomedical Research Drug Free Workplace Program
  
  
  

Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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