Booz Allen

SystemsAdministrator,Senior

$78–78k Dayton, Ohio, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Systems Administrator, Senior at Booz Allen. Skills: Linux Administration, Container orchestration (Kubernetes), Automation (Ansible), Infrastructure management, Security, Performance management. Manage and optimize infrastructure. Responsible for the architecture, security, and performance of systems and containerized environments”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve technology supporting the Air Force; Achieve client goals; Modernize the network; Bring additional capabilities to the warfighter

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Solving one problem after another; Identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement; Troubleshoot network problems; Isolate network problems

Eligibility Requirements

TS/SCI clearance, Identity verification process using advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence, Expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments, May be required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility if listed as remote

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years of experience in Linux Administration, Experience with automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform, Experience with containers such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Podman, Experience with SELinux and FApolicyd, STIG hardening, Identity Management (IdM/LDAP), and managing secrets and certificates, Knowledge of IT networking and security concepts, Ability to translate complex technical requirements into solutions for clients and engineers, TS/SCI clearance, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a STEM field, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Linux Foundation Certified Engineer (LFCE) Certification

Nice to Have

Experience in administration of RHEL, Experience deploying and managing production Kubernetes clusters such as OpenShift, EKS, or RKE, Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, and managing persistent container storage interface (CSI) and container networking interface (CNI), Experience integrating IaC and Ansible into pipelines such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions, Knowledge of IP tables and NFTables, DNS, load balancing, HAProxy, Nginx, and namespace, Ability to use troubleshooting tools such as ss, netstat, tcpdump, traceroute, and ping to isolate network problems, Ability to conduct performance tuning, kernel patching, and debugging as well as optimizing Linux kernels for container workloads such as tweaking sysctl for K8s, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a STEM field

What You'll Do.

Manage and optimize infrastructure

Responsible for the architecture

and performance of systems and containerized environments

Provide customers insight into their network through monitoring and performance management

Identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network

Turn metrics into information and explain their meaning

Broaden skillset into areas like automation logic

and CI/CD integration

Share expertise through leadership and mentoring

Help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies

Identify new opportunities to modernize the network

Resolve daily challenges

Improve clients' network infrastructure

Bring additional capabilities to the warfighter

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Share expertise through leadership and mentoring; Help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies; Collaborate with colleagues and customers

Communication Scope

Bridge the gap between complex technical execution and client-facing communication; Translate complex technical requirements into solutions for clients and engineers; Explain the meaning of metrics

Full Job Description

Systems Administrator, Senior **The Opportunity:** Your combination of people skills and system administrator expertise makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology supporting the Air Force. We’re looking for a system administrator deep expertise in Linux systems, container orchestration such as Kubernetes, and automation such as Ansible. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between complex technical execution and client-facing communication. As a system administrator on our project, you’ll manage and optimize our infrastructure and be responsible for the architecture, security, and performance of our systems and containerized environments. You’ll provide your customers insight into their network through monitoring and performance management. Your system administrator expertise will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network. You’ll help your team better understand the network by turning metrics into information and explaining their meaning. This is an opportunity to broaden your skillset into areas like automation logic, cluster management, workload management, and CI/CD integration. We focus on growing as a team, so you’ll share your expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies. As a system administrator leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to modernize the network so your clients achieve their goals. Work with us and resolve daily challenges as we improve our clients' network infrastructure and bring additional capabilities to the warfighter. Join us. The world can’t wait. **You Have:** * 7+ years of experience in Linux Administration * Experience with automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform * Experience with containers such as Docker, Kubernetes, or Podman * Experience with SELinux and FApolicyd, STIG hardening, Identity Management (IdM/LDAP),

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