Red Hat Linux System Administrator

About the job
Description of Work:

The Federal Client's Global Health and Financial Solutions sector is seeking an enterprise-level engineer Red Hat Linux System Administrator to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Woodlawn, MD. 
The qualified applicant will become part of Federal Client's Health Systems Management operating unit, which focuses on Healthcare IT solutions for our Federal, State, and Local government clients. 
The qualified candidate should also have strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills with a keen attention to detail.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Design and maintain the 24x7 Linux server infrastructures that support Federal Client's mission critical web-based applications. 
Maintain the Red Hat Linux Servers and secure the servers according to the Policy Compliance Management requirements. 
Manage and work in a Red Hat Linux operating system and services. 
Installation, configuration and tuning of Red Hat 6 (REHL 6) and Red Hat7 (REHL 7) virtual servers. 
Configure and maintain Red Hat Satellite System Management Platform. 
Troubleshoot and Resolve Linux Operating System-based issues from Performance to Configuration. 
Backing up and Protecting Linux environments using platform-specific tools. 
Perform daily system checks, review and respond to events reflected in various management tools, perform server patch management. 
Notify Government representative of issues involving performance of the operating environment. 
Share technical best practices and serve as a point of contact for any major incidents, managing customer expectations and communications to a resolution of such incidents. 
Conduct system audit reviews and perform maintenance functions as required to ensure system health. 
Write and debug bash and korn shell scripts to assist in all manner of server management. 
Work with the team and application sponsors to resolve issues that arise in the daily administration of the Linux environment. 
Troubleshoot and resolve problems for all applications. 
Support, implement and maintain new applications coming into the environment. 
Present status information on issues and problems at the weekly team meetings. 
Document software change and problem resolution steps. 
Assist in troubleshooting and problem resolution on Linux systems – performance, health, configuration 
Assure best-practices and standards are implemented and adhered to for software systems 
Perform daily system checks, review and respond to events reflected in various management and monitoring tools 
Conduct system audit reviews and perform maintenance functions as required to ensure system health. 
Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to management and non-technical audiences. 
Interface with the customer daily.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Needed.

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of relative experience, Master's degree and 3 years of relative experience, or 10 years of relative experience in an IT field in lieu of a degree 
5 years RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) administration and configuration (networking/subnetting) knowledge and experience 
4 years RedHat Enterprise Linux v6.x/7.x Operating System experience (Installation and upgrade of the operating system) 
2 years WebSphere, ColdFusion and Apache Application Server platforms for both configuration and troubleshooting of hosted applications experience 
2 years of Experience: 
Setting up and maintaining Red Hat Satellite System Management Platform (hardware, OOB, etc.) 
Ansible Tower, automation, scripting, pearl/python/shell) 
OS installs and monitoring 
Satellite Server and Capsules 
Smarts Tool 
VMware and VMware clusters 
1 year XML 
1 year of commonly used Linux tools such as JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket 
Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates With These Skills Will Be Given Preferential Consideration.

2 years of experience with version control (CVS, Subversion, Git, etc.) 
Demonstrate knowledge in Red Hat Cloud Computing discipline such as RedHat CloudForms, OpenShift, Docker, or other IaaS or PaaS solutions via training or seminars 
Strong understanding of and compliance with IT development process (SDLC) 
Strong requirements planning and project implementation skills and be able to work with internal technical staff and outside contractors to deliver results 
Web-based and E-Commerce development or in-depth support experience a plus 
JavaScript, CSS, XML, and HTML 5 experience a plus 
Certification in one or more of the following: 
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) 
Red Hat JBoss Administration (RHCJA)