System Engineer IV - 19-010
San Diego, CA

Job Description

Relocation Available

AUSGAR Technologies, Inc., an EOE Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans employer, is a rapidly growing Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Department of Defense, government contractor with core competencies in Information Assurance, Cyber Security and Systems Engineering. With offices on both the East and West coasts, an inviting culture, and above-standard benefits, opportunity abounds for the right individual!

We have an exciting, NEW opportunity for a System Engineer IV to serve at the Navy Information Warfare Center (NIWC) laboratories.

System Engineer IV - 19-010

Purpose:

This position shall serve as a System Administrator for laboratories at NIWC. Responsibilities will include: systems administration, operations and support and maintenance.

Job Description:

Systems Engineering/Administration:

* Develop systems administration-related solutions for various projects with various operational needs.
* Install new servers and rebuild existing servers.
* Configure hardware, services, settings, directories, storage, etc.
* Install and configure systems which support infrastructure and/or Research & Development (R&D) activities.
* Contribute to and maintain the system security posture in accordance with DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Command Tasking Orders (CTOs) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) policies.
* Research and make recommendations for innovative and automated approaches for system administration tasks.

Operations and Support:

* Install and maintain security patches on the operational and development systems, which includes, but is not limited to, Red Hat Linux, Windows 2008, JBoss, VMWare, PostGreSQL and Apache web services.
* Report Security Patch compliance in Vulnerability Remediation Asset Manager (VRAM).
* Perform daily system monitoring, verification of integrity and availability of hardware, server resources, systems and key processes.
* Perform daily backup operations, ensuring that all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media.
* Create recovery disks and recycle and disposition media as required.
* Perform file archival and purge.
* Create, change and delete user accounts as required.
* Provision Tier III and other support as requested from operational sites.
* Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
* Assist in repair and recovery from hardware or software failures.
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Maintenance:

* Apply OS patches and upgrades and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
* Add and Configure new services as required.
* Upgrade and configure system software to supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
* Perform hardware upgrades as required.
* Configure CPU, memory and disk partitions as required.
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Total Years of Related Experience for Position: 8-16 years of related technical/engineering experience

Job Requirements:

* Bachelor's Degree in technical/engineering field or equivalent years of experience in related area.
* Active US Security Clearance required.
* CompTIA Security+ (SY0-301) or other DoD 8570.1 Workplace Improvement Plan IAT Level II compliant certification required.
* IAT Level II or equivalent.
* Proven Experience with SRGs, STIGs, SCAP scans, and IAVA familiarity with VRAM a plus.
* Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Linux+, e.g., CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
* Four+ years of system administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as shell scripting, creating cron jobs, analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups, configuring ip tables and setting up mail services.
* Three+ years of proven Experience with computer networking systems, software and virtualization
* Proficient with VMWare.
* Three+ years of experience with computer and/or network security systems, applications, procedures and techniques.
* Two+ years of experience installing, configuring, and maintaining workstations, servers, networks and related hardware and software.
* Proven ability to identify and resolve problems.
* Strong technical writing and verbal skills.
* Able to clearly document and deliver technical reports to senior leadership.
* Experience with planning and engineering of systems and architecture/infrastructure.
* Experience supporting system implementation and design. Two+ years of experience with web-based technologies, including but not limited to, reverse proxy servers, SSL certificate configuration, three-tier architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture, Java enterprise service bus.
* Experience with concepts, best practices, related hardware/software/database and procedures within engineering/technical disciplines.
* Works independently.
* Proven ability to multi-task.
* Self-starter.
* May oversee and lead other employees assigned to the task (s).

An essential qualification for this position is successfully obtaining a Secret security clearance issued by the Federal Government, which may require successful completion of a background check.

AUSGAR Technologies, Inc.is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. AUSGAR Technologies, Inc.is committed to engaging in affirmative action to increase employment opportunities for females, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. We are an EOE - Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.