UNIX Administrator jobs in Illinois

Description

The National Security Customer Group of SAIC is seeking a System Engineer to support an IT Service Management effort for USTRANSCOM located at Scott Air Force Base (AFB) in Illinois. The USTC Managed Information Technology Services (MITS) contract is intended to provide strategic, technical, and program management guidance and support services to facilitate the operations and modernization of the combatant command’s infrastructure, systems, and applications. This support will be provided to the USTC Command, Control, Communications & Cyber Systems Directorate (TCJ6). The successful candidate will system engineering work to maintain, configure, and reliably operate network servers, server virtualization systems, laptops, desktops, VDI, and supporting software/hardware. 

This position is for Monday through Friday, normal business hours. However, employee may be required to provide after-hours and weekend support during planned or emergency events.  

Responsibilities:

•       Managing and monitoring all installed systems and infrastructure
•       Installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems, application software and system management tools m   
•      Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
•      Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes
•      Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies
•      Participate in the design of information and operational support systems
•      Provide 2nd and 3rd level support
•      Liaise with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
•      System vulnerability remediation and reporting.
•      Proven working experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting
•      UNIX/Linux/RedHat based environments.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and two (2) years or more experience; Masters and 0 years related experience or 6 years of experience in lieu of degree
• One of these IAT Level II certifications: Security , CECCNA-Security, CySA **, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP
• A Computing Environment (CE) certification or certificate for the technical area of responsibility in either Network support/defense (e.g., Splunk, Cisco, McAfee, etc.) OR (e.g., Microsoft, Linux, Solaris, etc.)
• Active secret clearance; Must be able to obtain TS/SCI clearance 
• Must possess competencies in installation, service design, and support in an environment that uses Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2016
• Experience with Azure or AWS Cloud Environments
• Experience with production environments
• Solid troubleshooting skills and demonstrated ability of end-to-end problem management and ownership.
• Working knowledge of authentication functions and protocols such as LDAP, Kerberos, and Active Directory
• Conceptual knowledge of Storage systems (SAN/NAS)

Desired Qualifications  

•       Any of the following IT certifications are also desirable for this position: MCP, CompTIA A / Network / Security , AWS, Azure
•      ITIL Foundations (v3 or higher) certification