IT Concepts Inc. (ITC) is seeking a well-qualified experienced Senior Linux Systems Administrator to join our team in support of our client in Charlottesville, VA, Washington DC or other locations as authorized. Be a part of our team in support of cutting edge enterprise applications, portal and dashboard initiatives across various government agencies. We offer generous compensation, bonuses, benefits and an opportunity to further refine your skills working with other experts while balancing work and life. IT Concepts is an industry leader in IT and security solutions for both government and commercial customers. The position is located in Charlottesville, VA.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Required Skills:
Benefits
The Company:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain microservice based application(s) and their database(s) for DOD customers in a classified environment with Linux, Docker, and AWS.
- Troubleshoot and provide service to application users, work with network and infrastructure teams to ensure services are available, stable, and performant.
- Periodically run ingestion scripts to import data from related DOD API endpoints to update required data.
- Provide scripting and tool support for UNIX and Linux operating systems.
- Work with a supporting team of software engineers who develop in an unclass environment to update, troubleshoot, and improve the application services and their data stores.
- Administer the continuous integration, testing, and deployment of the application code from the unclassified to various classified environments.
- Responsible for performing the necessary security requirements that are inherent to code developed in an unclassified environment and deployed to a classified environment.
- Manage the underlying infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (AWS) – both UI and command line / API interfaces.
- Maintain secure environment (e.g. SSL / TLS certificates), running security scans, Database access, etc
Required Skills:
- Solid Linux command line skills to diagnose and debug services, data stores, virtual machines, containers, etc. Currently this is RHEL / Centos 7 based systems.
- Run ingestion scripts, SQL and NoSQL updates, manage Terraform / Cloud Formation, Docker-compose, Jenkins build files, etc. with GIT based tools.
- Continuous integration using Jenkins, Git, JIRA, etc.
- Basic familiarity with various databases including Postgres (RDS), Mongo (NoSQL Document Store), and search (Elastic Search / AWS). Ability to update data in these stores using command line when necessary.
- Services will eventually be fully containerized in Docker containers with a longer term goal of moving completely to something like ECS, Kubernetes, or similar.
- Troubleshoot RHEL systems and application problems and facilitate the necessary actions required to correct the problem
- Comprehensive knowledge and demonstrated ability in RHEL system administration, User Management and Security Management tools
- AWS experience using RDS, Document DB, EC2, Cloud Formation / Terraform, etc.
- Shell scripting ability
- Ability to research problems and contact and escalate issues with third party hardware and software providers
- Communication and customer service skills to interact and solve problems with the customer and other contractors
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle, general dev ops.
- Documentation/technical writing
- Architectural Analysis
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, or related field preferred
- Six or more years of experience in a client-server environment
- Experience working with appropriate complex systems administration, database administration, and landscape maintenance
- Experience working with company products and services
- Experience working with company and client documentation and storage procedures
- Experience working with complex system implementations and organizational processes
- All developers supporting integration and testing or that otherwise require server-level access to the operational systems shall have completed DoD Directive 8570 mandated Technical Level 1 certification no later than 30 business days after contract award and shall maintain administrative accounts.
- Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance and pass CI poly.
Benefits
The Company:
- Founded in 2003, IT Concepts was established with a simple yet important promise to “deliver technology concepts that work.” This founding principle, which permeates throughout our team and company culture, has propelled ITC to the upper echelons of the industry. With award-winning services and unflinching dedication to country and clients, ITC remains committed to teamwork, innovation, and collaboration.
- We’re an SBA 8(a) and CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business focused on providing best in class IT Services, Management Consulting, and Data Services Solutions to our clients.
- We’re ISO 27001:2013, ISO 20000-1:2011, and ISO 9001:2015 certified and have CMMI DEV and SVC ML3 ratings
- We’ve been named part of: Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2021; Washington Business Journal’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019; Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
- We offer great benefits – Competitive Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Identity Protection, Pet Insurance, 401(k) with company matching and Profit Sharing
- We invest in our employees – Each ITC employee is provided with a LinkedIn Learning Account for endless training. In addition, every employee is provided with a stipend to invest in certifications, a master’s degree, or even a doctorate.
- We work hard, we play hard -Nationals Games, Happy Hours, Holiday events, philanthropic endeavors, etc…at ITC we enjoy working together but also take time to connect with each other and our community through various events and activities.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.