Unix System Administrator - Level IV
Alexandria, VA

Job Description

IIa is currently recruiting for a UNIX System Administrator IV to support our work with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA.

Description:

The Unix System Administrator VI will support the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Infrastructure Services Division's (ISD) Operating Systems Operations Section (OSOS) by performing administration and maintenance activities on various UNIX and Linux servers in use at the USPTO. The selected candidate will work Monday thru Friday 11 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. shift.

. The servers supported are located in both production and test data centers located on the USPTO campus. Additional remote support is provided for systems located at the USPTO Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Data Center located in Pennsylvania.

Duties performed will include, but not be limited to, the following:

* Maintaining and developing a Redhat Enterprise Virtualization Environment (RHEV).
* Developing and maintaining installation and configuration procedures for new server builds.
* Troubleshooting hardware and software problems with AIX, HP-UX and Redhat servers.
* Providing escalation support for subordinates and junior resources.
* Writing custom start scripts for various applications.
* Evaluating and implementing potential new tools and technologies.
* Working on assigned Change Requests/Problem tickets.
* Investigating and responding to alerts generated by the various monitoring systems in use at USPTO.
* Performing hardware maintenance/repair activities.
* Ensuring proper planning and execution of major projects/maintenance activities.
* Perform detailed analysis of incidents, author and submit root cause analysis reports following outages
* Configure monitoring tools and use in order to pull information for performance and root cause analysis
* Mentor and direct junior staff in the course of daily assignments to promote a collaborative learning environment

Work Experience/Skills Requirements:

The successful candidate will have experience in the following:

* 7+ years' experience supporting Redhat Enterprise Linux.
* Experience with RHEV, HP-UX, AIX, Tomcat, Apache and MySQL.
* Strong knowledge of KVM or XEN Virtualization.
* Strong knowledge of LVM and Redhat satellite servers.
* Ability to write Shell Scripts with Bash.
* This position requires RHCE Certification

The ideal candidate also has experience in the one or more of following subsets of RHEL Administration:

* Automation (Satellite Services)
* Openstack/Virtualization
* UCS
* VMWare/Windows

Bachelor's Degree Strongly Preferred.

Clearance Requirements:

Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to hold a security clearance. You do not need a current/active clearance to apply, but must be able to pass a government Public Trust (SF-85) background investigation.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.