Linux System Administrator
Berwyn Heights, MD

Job Description

Background

The mission of the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency within the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is to provide weather, water and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, and its adjacent waters and oceans to protect life and property and to enhance the national economy.

The Weather and Climate Infrastructure Services (WCCIS) contract supports the NWS's Central Processing and Information Dissemination portfolios. The contract is managed by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Central Operations (NCO). WCCIS supports NCO's mission which is to deliver national and global weather, water, climate and space weather guidance, forecasts, warnings and analyses to a broad range of users and partners. These products and services respond to user needs to protect life and property, enhance the nation's economy, and support the nation's growing need for environmental information.

Position Description

Will be supporting mission-critical systems hosted on physical and virtual servers in an active clustering environment. Job duties include:

* Support a data center with petabytes of incoming raw meteorological data
* Support Tiers 1-3 support as needed
* Support more than 2,000 Virtual Machines and over 200 physical servers
* Support virtual machine configuration/administration through VMware
* Support a large storage area network through NetApp
* Capacity planning, monitoring and troubleshooting
* Contribute to one of the most utilized weather reporting systems in the U.S.
* Follow organizational change processes and coordinate with team members

Must be willing to work on a 24X7 on-call basis on a rotating schedule with other system administrators.

Required Skills

5+ years of relevant experience. Must have experience with Linux/Unix system administration. Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 5/6/7. Experience with Citrix NetScaler for load balancing. Must have experience creating, maintaining, and implementing virtual machines (VMs). Experience with Puppet for automation and finding duplicate file versions. Must have experience with network administration (NetApp SAN). Experience working with local system administration using a KVM. Must have good written and verbal communication skills.

Desired

* SNMP protocol configuration experience
* Local Data Manager (LDM) protocol configuration experience
* LAN configuration experience
* ITIL knowledge
* VMware certifications
* Check_MK experience
* Akamai for web content caching
* Big Brother experience for monitoring systems
* Familiarity with PostgreSQL / MySQL databases
* Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

.Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident and be able to pass a background investigation to obtain a security badge to enter the applicable government facility.

Education

BS in computer science, related discipline, or equivalent.