Red Hat Systems Admin - Blackstone Talent Group

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Red Hat Systems Admin to join our Client's team.

Description of Duties:

• The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Admin supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and
• Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The candidate will:
• Provide engineering, and technical direction for problem definition, analysis, requirement development and
• implementation for complex systems in the engineering discipline required to meet technical requirements
• Makes recommendations and advises on system development, improvements, optimization, or support efforts
• Performs risk assessments and analysis employing modeling and simulation techniques
• Collaborate on solutions to difficult problems
• Generate and apply concepts as evidenced by product or process improvement
• Use engineering/scientific tools to integrate requirements and solve technical problems
• Utilize tools, techniques, processes and/or facilities such as state-of-the-art simulation environments, laboratories, and test facilities
• Participate in engineering team activities in a specialized engineering or technology subject area
• Contribute to the technical planning process and provides technical guidance.
• Provide technical support to customers including basic inquiries, basic troubleshooting, break/fix needs, and touch maintenance at Tier 1 through hands on application, remote administrative tools or verbal guidance
• Create and execute break/fix tickets for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 needs
• Support the testing and installation of system patches
• Support hardware disposition needs on assets like sanitization facilitation, excessing old or no longer needed assets, or CD and hard drive destruction when necessary
• Be accountable for maintaining accurate inventory and stock planning
• Be accountable for the maintenance and management of the queue of incident requests (IRs) and change requests
• (CRQs)
• Be adaptable to new technologies, new situations, and short deadlines
• Support and respond to customer requirements identified by executing daily walks and check-ins
• Have the ability to lift a minimum of 35 lbs, as well as being able to, for extended periods, be sitting, walking, standing, or crawling under desks

The successful candidate will:

• Be available to support a variety of tasks/roles, including but not limited to: IT Help Desk functions, coordinating break/fix and customer needs through various channels
• Be adaptable to new technologies, new situations, and short deadlines
• Be able to work unsupervised and have a strong commitment to a team environment
• Be dependable and punctual
• Be able to communicate effectively with the various teams and/or customers on efforts as necessary
• Be able to work as part of a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Be capable of cross-team collaboration and cooperation on a variety of efforts and functions
• Show ownership of given duties
• Be self-motivated

Basic Requirements:

• Must have one of the following combinations of education and experience: HS Diploma (or GED) and 2 years of general experience; Associate’s degree and 0 years of general experience
• Must have 2.5 years of directly related experience in relevant business systems, operating systems, and servers and/or experience in programming, and troubleshooting
• Must have a DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification such as CompTIA Security+ CE or higher
• Must have working experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Must have, or be able to obtain, an active DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Familiarity with obtaining Red Hat Enterprise Linux updated rpms and installing them.
• Understanding of RHEL licensing and provisioning of their subscriptions.
• Experience with storage devices and mounting storage from various other systems.
• Ability to work from a command line prompt, use the visual interface editor, and logging into systems remotely.
• Experience with bash scripting
• Must be willing to travel up to 25% of the time
• Must have a valid passport or be able to obtain one within 6 months of hire

Desired Requirements:

• Have a Linux certification
• Have experience with Microsoft Office tools
• Have experience with Microsoft Windows
• Have experience with Active Directory
• Have an understanding of Group Policies, DHCP, and DNS
• Ansible experience
• Have experience administering a Red Hat Linux environment
• Have Linux command line experience
• Have experience with writing tests to verify functionality and requirements
• Have experience with Bash scripting
• Have experience writing and executing Ansible playbooks
• Have experience conducting log analysis
• Have knowledge of VMware environments
• Recent MDA and/or space experience

Security Clearance Required: Secret

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

EOE of Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabilities