GovCIO is currently hiring for System Administrator - GCCS to maintain highly available operations of Global Command and Control Systems - Joint (GCCS-J) computer systems and coordination with high profile customers. This position is in support of a Department of Defense (DoD) organization, US AFRICOM located OCONUS in Djibouti, Africa at the CJTF-HOA. This position is required to travel OCONUS.
ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate must be able to communicate clearly and succinctly both written and orally, and present products and ideas in a business-like manner. The candidate will be required to work in dynamic fast paced environments that require team interaction and coordination of efforts. The candidate must be experienced in interfacing with both client managers and system users.
The candidate is responsible for the following activities. Software installation, configuration, upgrade, support, maintenance, and troubleshooting with capability to make one off changes and then integrate changes into Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline. Will perform account management and access control and will act as a liaison with other components to provide information sharing pertaining to the needs of the diverse set of computer users supported by the client as a whole. Evaluates, maintains, and troubleshoots application and database services on Enterprise Linux servers. Manages Red Hat Storage and Virtualization technologies on multiple security enclaves and sites. Manages Red Hat Satellite 6 servers, ensures content hosts are patched and have compliant Errata installed. Monitors and maintains C2 infrastructure leveraging tools such as Dell Open Manage Enterprise, ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana), Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Tower. Identifies problems, works with internal and external teams to provide root cause analysis. Provides problem resolution in accordance to established policies, including break/fix actions. Researches and develops automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identifies approaches that leverage resources and provide economies of scale. Performs daily system monitoring; verifies the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes; reviews system and application logs; and verifies completion of scheduled jobs such as backups. Performs daily backup operations, ensuring all required data is successfully backed up to the appropriate media and stored off site.
Creates automation playbooks to enforce policies and standards across the C2 infrastructure and enterprise resources where applicable and standards across the C2 infrastructure and enterprise resources where applicable.Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments, including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.Plan, coordinate, and implement network/system security measures in order to protect data, software, and hardware.Provides regular monitoring and analysis regarding short and long-range planning for in-house systems.Prepares or ensures that appropriate documentation exists, including operational instructions.Writes or modifies basic scripts to resolve performance problems and automate administration tasks.Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determine hardware or software requirements related to such changes.Duties will include application integration with directory services, assigning roles, provisioning hypervisors and storage for virtual infrastructure, as well as automated provisioning of guest operating systems and applications. Creation and maintenance of configuration items and other related documentation, in approved software version control system. Interfaces with ECJ3/ECJ2 customers in all aspects of GCCS-J and other Programs of Records as required. Monitors system performance and establishes performance baselines. Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software. Performs regular backups and tests backups in recovery scenarios .
Daily duties include (but are not limited to):
GCCS SME and respond to customer GCCS-J/I3 requests which vary widelyEnsure COP availability to customerMaintain daily backupsInstall and maintain RHHI-V, Red Hat Satellite, Ansible Tower, GitLabMaintain database instances (Oracle, Sybase, PostgreSQL)Perform software updates and remediation scansPerform STIG validation against operating systems, application servers and databasesCreate, work, and solve service requests using trouble ticketing systemEnsure server hardware is in working order and redundantProduce and maintain processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)Maintain Red Hat JBoss application servers.Maintain and troubleshoot Enterprise Linux OS issues where they arise (RHEL6+, CentOS 6+)Troubleshoot Agile Client application issues.
Additionally, the C2 team members will provide remote support and/or travel to customer sites as required. Team members will be on a scheduled on-call, and shift work may be required during exercises and contingencies.
**HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED
QualificationsBachelor's with 5 - 8 years (or commensurate experience)
Required Skills and Experience
Clearance Required: SecretMust be able to obtain TS SCI
Must be a current US Citizen Must currently hold a Secret Clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCIDoD 8570.1 Technical Level II Certification One of the following computing environment certification is required, will accept waiver if completed within 6 months of hire:Solaris Certified Systems Administrator (SCSA) , or higherOracle Certified Associate (OCA), or higherCompTIA Linux +Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)VMWare – VCP6-DCV or higherMCP – Windows Server 2012+TESA eligibility
Preferred Skills and Experience
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