Senior System Administrator (23-026)

As a Senior System Administrator at CTI, you will be responsible for managing and supporting our company's high-tech software and systems engineering projects in the defense and space industry. You will be working with a team of experts in real-time, decision support, and electronic warfare systems, sensor integration, and information management. CTI is dedicated to providing top-quality engineering, system development, and support for our military and security applications to include electronic warfare and training & simulation. We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced professional who is passionate about technology and has a strong desire to work in an innovative and challenging environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maintain asset procurement and 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), 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 hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to company and government policies.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations and regular file archival to 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 monitors the company's cyber security program implementation plan.
• Maintain Video Wall System and displays.

This position is in Camp Smith Hawaii.

Requirements

Necessary skills and experience

• Must have an active U.S. government Top Secret security clearance and be SCI eligible- U.S. citizenship is required to obtain security clearances.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in system administration, system engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with Linux/Unix system administration, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of U.S. Government computers, networks, and security systems.
• Experience administering server-side technology and networked computing systems.

Beneficial skills and experience

• Experience with simple scripts such as Powershell or Bash.
• Experience with software development Information Technology infrastructure tools (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef), setup, and management.
• Knowledge of DNS / DHCP / Kickstart / LDAP / Kubernetes / Red Hat 7&8 / Windows 10 / ACAS / Rancher / Grafana / Cloud Security Gateway.
• Experience administering server-side technology like PHP, Ruby on Rails, or ASP.NET.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols and security technologies.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of Joint IO Range, Defense Research and Engineering Network, and other similar environments.
• Security , GSLC, GSEC, or other DoD-approved 8570 Baseline Certification in the Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level I or Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II categories.
• Experience with open-source platforms such as Kubernetes, Red Hat 7&8 and/or Windows 10, ACAS, Rancher, Grafana, and Cloud Security Gateway.
• Ability to configure and manage operating systems (Windows and Linux), applications (commercial and government), networks (IPs, subnets), and network equipment (switches).
• Ability to configure and manage DOD and IC standard distributed authentication services.
• Knowledge of network infrastructures in a DOD environment in Hawaii.

Benefits

CTI is a rapidly growing company offering the following:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• H.S.A. (partially funded by CTI) and Flex Spending
• Company-paid life insurance/AD&D and disability insurance
• Optional supplemental life, critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident insurances
• Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
• 401k plan with Safe Harbor contribution
• Tuition reimbursement/professional training options
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Assistance
• Financial Planning Assistance
• Voluntary Pre-Paid Legal
• Flexible schedules with telecommuting options
• Service awards program

CTI is an Equal Opportunity employer and shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.