Linux (RedHat Certified) Admin (US Cit to pass Federal Security Clearance)

We are seeking to hire a Linux (RedHat Certified) Administrator to join our team working on a new multi-year award we have within a large Federal Gov t Agency in Washington, DC. This role is 100% remote, but candidates located in the DC area are preferred, just in case there is an occasional need to go into an office to meet with the team.

Being a US Cit is REQUIRED for passing the Security Clearance to work on this program (ability to pass Public Trust at minimum).

This position pays a strong salary package with full benefits (including choice of healthcare plans, dental, vision, life insurance, 3 weeks PTO, 11 Paid Federal Holidays, and a matching 401k).

An option for working on an hourly rate is also available for those not needing a full benefits package.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and troubleshoot Linux systems on a day-to-day basis.
• Integrate Linux Systems (currently, RHEL 7/8) into a primary Windows environment (workstations & servers) where authentication, authorization, and accounting actives are controlled by Active Directory with CA PAM.
• Provide administrative access based on group security, applied with least privilege and other permission access management techniques.
• Ensure patches are maintained across a diverse Linux environment (e.g., RHEL 6/7/8, CentOS, Oracle Linux, etc.) in a heavily automated manner, where possible.
• Configure new Linux systems for customer use and ensuring that initial configurations meet required enterprise baselines & controls (e.g., proper agents installed, proper configs, etc.).
• Ensure that already-provisioned Linux systems are kept in compliance with baseline requirements & ever-changing enterprise policy (e.g., equivalent to Group Policy in the Windows realm for ongoing compliance updates).
• Develop an operating system lifecycle plan with integration of DoD STIGs and other recommended security standards.
• Integrate Linux systems with other enterprise tooling (e.g., ACAS, Splunk, SolarWinds, Backup systems, etc.).
• Monitor all solutions integrated via a centralized alerting system (SolarWinds).
• Certify log management and forwarding to a single repository (Splunk).
• Other duties as assigned and required.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience with RHEL Linux RHEL 7/8, Oracle Linux, and Satellite 6.8 or higher
• Knowledge of Red Hat version 7 or 8 (RHEL 7/RHEL 8) with the ability to engineer, install, administer, and maintain.
• Familiarity with large scale operational environment (monitoring of servers (CPU s, memory, disk utilization, and application integration), patching, and maintenance).
• Requires large scale troubleshooting experience (cross platform)
• Ability to respond at all hours to operational requirements.
• Ability to work outside normal hours during routine maintenance windows or unexpected system outages.
• Knowledge of Linux scripting Languages such as: Python, Perl or Shell
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Desired Skills:

• Host Based Firewalls on Linux Servers.
• Linux Experience hosting Oracle Databases.
• Experience with Apache web server configuration and management
• Management, deployment and troubleshooting of Java and Tomcat applications in a Linux environment.
• Experience analyzing and evaluating the security of new and existing IT systems and the procedures to protect information system assets from intentional or inadvertent modification, disclosure, or destruction.
• Experience analyzing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of Information technology and security controls that are in place.
• Knowledge and understanding of operating systems, networks and services.
• Experience evaluating security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information.
• Manage changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of best practices, trends related to information security.

If qualified and interested, please send an updated resume along with rate/salary requirement and we will follow up quickly to discuss further details and move forward with your interview process.

ec3 Federal Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ec3 Federal Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ec3 are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ec3 Federal Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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