Dark Wolf Solutions

LinuxSystemAdministrator/NetworkEngineer

$70–130k College Park, Maryland, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Linux System Administrator / Network Engineer at Dark Wolf Solutions. Skills: Linux System Administration, Network Engineering, VMware Administration, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Building and maintaining an extensive Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), platform and hypervisor stack. Develop new solutions to support customers' networking and virtualization needs”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Solve challenging problems

Eligibility Requirements

On site presence 3 days a week, US Citizenship, Active full Secret security clearance required, Interim clearances are not accepted for this position

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

On site presence 3 days a week, 3+ years of relevant experience administering Linux servers (ex. RHEL, Ubuntu), 3+ years of experience configuring firewalls and switches using modern enterprise vendor equipment (ex. Cisco, Palo Alto, Ubiquiti), Experience administering VMware vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi, Experience with administration of Linux endpoints (clients) and virtual machines, HS Diploma, US Citizenship and an active full Secret security clearance required

Nice to Have

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, Scripting experience including at least a subset of the following: Bash, Python, Terraform, Ansible, Knowledge of Active Directory in addition to other identity federation systems such as LDAP, Knowledge of observability tools, such as Splunk or Elasticsearch, Experience using Git hosting services such as GitLab, GitHub and BitBucket

What You'll Do.

Building and maintaining an extensive Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

platform and hypervisor stack

Develop new solutions to support customers' networking and virtualization needs

Provide and develop documentation

Monitor security and performance of the platform and deployed services

Deploy and maintain critical services supporting primarily on-prem architecture with limited access to cloud-native services

Implement industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management

Use automation best practices

such as Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

and Configuration-as-Code (CaC) for repeatability and fast provisioning of environments

Provide onboarding support

Ensure platform and networks are compliant with DoD policies

Support backup and disaster recovery planning

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with the team to develop new solutions; Work closely with development teams to provide onboarding support; Work with the Cybersecurity team by implementing industry best practices

Full Job Description

Dark Wolf Solutions is looking for a Linux System Administrator / Network Engineer who is interested in working in a fast-paced environment building and maintaining an extensive Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), platform and hypervisor stack for a DoD customer. The successful candidate will work with the team to develop new solutions to support customers' networking and virtualization needs, provide and develop documentation, and monitor security and performance of the platform and deployed services. Our engineers are asked to solve challenging problems for unique customers, and have a direct impact on the direction of software and hardware products used by those customers. Key Responsibilities: Deploy and maintain critical services supporting primarily on-prem architecture with limited access to cloud-native services. Work with the Cybersecurity team by implementing industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management Use automation best practices, such as Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and Configuration-as-Code (CaC) for repeatability and fast provisioning of environments Work closely with development teams to provide onboarding support Ensure platform and networks are compliant with DoD policies Support backup and disaster recovery planning Required Qualifications: On site presence 3 days a week 3+ years of relevant experience administering Linux servers (ex. RHEL, Ubuntu) 3+ years of experience configuring firewalls and switches using modern enterprise vendor equipment (ex. Cisco, Palo Alto, Ubiquiti) Experience administering VMware vSphere, vCenter, and ESXi Experience with administration of Linux endpoints (clients) and virtual machines HS Diploma US Citizenship and an active full Secret security clearance required Interim clearances are not accepted for this position Desired Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field Scripting experience including at least a subset of the following: Bash, Python,

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