Job Title: System Administrator (Hybrid)
Location: Lexington MA
Job Type: W2 Contract
Background/Need:
We live in a time in which you have a choice a choice where to work where to apply your talents and ideas where to grow and look for selffulfillment. We have made our choice. We are here. We are software hardware and electrical engineers computer scientists cryptographers system analysts and security architects who share a common passion for helping solve some of the hardest technical problems relevant to National security. We pursue innovative high impact practical research in small focused teams. We succeed by participating in all R&D phases including problem analysis and innovative solution design system architecture rapid prototyping and fieldtesting and ultimately transfer of our technology to DoD and Intelligence Community users sponsors and Industry. We are having fun. We are looking for a highquality energetic Systems Administrator to join our team to turn futuristic R&D ideas into practical solutions to important problems. If you are a person that fits the bill and you like to work on things that truly matter apply to this requisition to learn more.
Must Have:
Strong experience with Linux as a desktop and server OS including provisioning securing and maintenance with an emphasis on CentOS RHEL 8 Rocky and Ubuntu20
Administering and supporting Windows and MacOS desktop operating systems
A focus on users with the ability to support developers and researchers with desktop configurations server installations applications and technologies
Experience with system deployment to bare metal VMware ESXi/vCenter and AWS environments using Foreman kickstart Ansible packer terraform
Experience configuring and administering Foreman for Linux deployment and maintenance
Experience with container technologies like Docker or Podman
Scripting with UNIX shell and Powershell
Basic hardware deployment and repair experience with desktops laptops and servers
Investigating and deploying new tools and technologies to improve services and support and enable modern practices for research programs
Working in an Active Directory or LDAP infrastructure and integrating with web applications using SSO
Implementing compliance following NIST 800171 CMMC DISA STIG or RMF requirements
Experience administering and using GitLab or other Continuous Integration services
Experience working with GitHub Atlassian suite (Jira Confluence) Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel PowerPoint Visio Outlook) SAP
Ability to recommend hardware and software technology solutions deploy and maintain them independently as well as with support of the IT team
Working in a small team wearing many hats
Manage and prioritize longterm environment improvement projects concurrently with short term support needs
Candidates must be enthusiastic innovative and motivated selfstarters able to work independently to complete tasks and meet goals.
Candidates must also be able to work within a team to achieve project success.
Candidates must possess strong oral and written communications skills and must be able to present findings/results to internal and external organizations.
Nice to Have:
Server and storage networking including management of DHCP DNS VLANs firewalls and TLS
VMware ESXi and VCenter administration
Deployment automation with automation tools such as Vagrant Puppet Chef or cloudinit
Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes helm charts
Configuring and maintaining monitoring with Icinga2
Programming with a language such as Perl Python
Experience administering CI/CD tools such as GitLab Artifactory
Experience deploying and using centralized logging tools and enterprise backup solutions
Basic database administration with PostgreSQL or MySQL
Experience with AWS virtualization networking storage and user access
Server purchasing racking and networking in a datacenter environment
Education & Experience: Bachelor's plus 8 years of relevant work experience.
Work Authorization: US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work.