Linux Systems Administrator
- Full-Time
- Cyber / Intelligence
- Herndon, VA
Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 15 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.
Headquartered in Washington, DC’s historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation’s most complex and rewarding challenges. Join us.
Barbaricum seeks a Linux Systems Administrator to join a team of IT professionals, developers, and engineers supporting a classified program within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities. This position will be responsible for maintaining the smooth and secure operation of various systems, serving as a first line of defense against threats impacting the efficiency and security of servers. The ideal candidate will leverage their experience to track monitoring alerts, resolving outages and recording lessons learned to mitigate against future issues.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and act on any outages on the platform to include hardware and software
- Engage with the tenants and users of the Openstack Cloud Platform via chat services, assisting with any requests
- Upgrade/deploy applications
- Perform R&D on exposing new technology/services within Openstack
- Review and update existing documentation for better readability
- May be included in future hardware planning as the team continues to grow their footprint and mission partners bring more unique and challenging problems to solve
Qualifications
- Active DoD TS/SCI Clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or a related field (4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. A master's degree may count as an additional 2 years of experience.)
- 5+ years demonstrated experience with administration of Linux based environments
- Working knowledge of automation scripts: Ansible, Salt, CloudFormation, Terraform
- At least understands the concepts of Python
- Ability to support wide range of tasks (upgrade software, patching, monitoring systems, R&D)
- Willing to work on-site in Herndon, VA
Desired Qualifications
- Full-stack development experience in Python
- Openstack administration/ deployment
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Experience with Data driven tools like Hadoop, HDFS, accumulo, ElasticSearch
- Experience with provision and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar
- Experience with Docker, GitLab, AWS, some exposure to Security (Cyber and RMF/ATO)
- Any experience working with GPUs and/or virtualizing their resources
- Strong verbal, written, and organizational skills
- Adjust quickly to ad-hoc requests
- Ability to collaborate, work in a mix environment of team and solo
