Systems Administrator

Systems Administrator

Clearance Level: Active Secret Clearance is Required - Authorized to Work in the US

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team's passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage.

About the Role:

Aquila is seeking a System Administrator t o join our team in supporting one of the country's premier defense research organizations. We are looking for a Systems Administrator who will join a team of highly energetic professionals who are looking to collaborate with the Systems Administrator to turn futuristic R&D ideas into practical solutions to important problems.

There are a few requirements for the position:

• Must be a U.S Citizen - Authorized to Work in the US - Must be able to obtain a Active Clearance (Green Cards / Visas do not qualify)
• Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation and maintain a personal security clearance. (Aquila would sponsor you for the security clearance.)
• Must be within commutable distance of Lexington, Massachusetts.

Required Skills:

• Strong experience with Linux as a desktop and server OS, including provisioning, securing, and maintenance with an emphasis on CentOS, RHEL 8+, Rocky, and Ubuntu20+
• Administering and supporting Windows and MacOS desktop operating systems
• A focus on users with the ability to support developers and researchers with desktop configurations, server installations, applications, and technologies
• Experience with system deployment to bare metal, VMware ESXi/vCenter, and AWS environments using Foreman, kickstart, Ansible, packer, terraform
• Experience configuring and administering Foreman for Linux deployment and maintenance
• Experience with container technologies like Docker or Podman
• Scripting with UNIX shell and Powershell
• Basic hardware deployment and repair experience with desktops, laptops, and servers
• Investigating and deploying new tools and technologies to improve services and support and enable modern practices for research programs
• Working in an Active Directory or LDAP infrastructure and integrating with web applications using SSO
• Implementing compliance following NIST 800-171, CMMC, DISA STIG, or RMF requirements
• Experience administering and using GitLab, or other Continuous Integration services
• Experience working with GitHub, Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence), Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook), SAP
• Ability to recommend hardware and software technology solutions, deploy, and maintain them independently as well as with support of the IT team
• Working in a small team, wearing many hats
• Manage and prioritize long-term environment improvement projects concurrently with short term support needs
• Candidates must be enthusiastic, innovative and motivated self-starters able to work independently to complete tasks and meet goals.
• Candidates must also be able to work within a team to achieve project success.
• Candidates must possess strong oral and written communications skills, and must be able to present findings/results to internal and external organizations.

Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• 3 years - Building and deploying containers (Docker or Singularity)
• 8 years - Operating System (OS) platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Government Policy/Regulations Experience

• 3 years - Hardening Linux and Windows systems per RMF and DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides

Software Tools

• 3 years - Ansible Automation Platform to Support Linux systems
• 5 years - DevSecOps environments (Github, Jfrog, Jenkins, GitLab, Fortify, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• 3 years - MS Windows and MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)

Systems Experience:

• 5 years - Configure and Maintain a Number of Linux Systems Utilizing Scripting Languages and Automation Tools
• 1 years - Configure and Manage Centralized Logging and Audit Capabilities

Enterprise Backup Solutions Experience:

• 5 years - Hardware: Intel/AMD, Cisco, Sun/Oracle, Dell, Apple, EMC, NetApp
• 8 years - Linux as a desktop & server OS (provisioning, securing, and maintenance on CentOS & Ubuntu)
• 8 years - Linux OS and scripting
• 5 years - Macintosh and iOS platform(s)
• 3 years - MS Active Directory, LDAP
• 8 years - Systems Administration
• 5 years - Virtualization Technologies (VMware, including ESXi and VCenter configuration)
• 5 years - Windows system administration

Preferred Skills:

• Server and storage networking including management of DHCP, DNS, VLANs, firewalls, and TLS
• VMware ESXi and VCenter administration
• Deployment automation with automation tools such as Vagrant, Puppet, Chef, or cloud-init
• Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, helm charts
• Configuring and maintaining monitoring with Icinga2
• Programming with a language such as Perl, Python
• Experience administering CI/CD tools such as GitLab, Artifactory
• Experience deploying and using centralized logging tools and enterprise backup solutions
• Basic database administration with PostgreSQL or MySQL
• Experience with AWS virtualization, networking, storage and user access
• Server purchasing, racking, and networking in a datacenter environment

Nice to Have

• Database software installation, upgrades and patching
• Programming Languages: Python, Perl, PowerShell
• AWS (EC2, S3)
• Containers & Orchestration (OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes)
• SCCM, and Active Directory
• Technologies including DNS, DHCP, Proxy and Load Balancing
• Virtualization Technologies to include VM management, Snapshots, SANs and iSCSI Storage Systems
• VM Ware ESXi and Associated Management Systems

Our interview process is designed to let you get to know us as much as for us to get to know you!

You'll meet with someone from our Recruiting team so we can learn more about you and answer some of your questions.
You'll meet with the Hiring Manager to learn more about the team, and the role, and get to tell us more about what you'd bring to the team
You'll meet team members who will be your peers to help you get a feel for a "real day in the life" at Self.
Benefits and Perks:

Aquila team members experience the opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, customer-focused, and technically innovative work environment. Aquila strives to deliver the best of the best in technical services to our customers. Candidates that possess a love for technical challenges, a desire to constantly learn, and the desire to establish themselves as critical players within a team will enjoy calling Aquila Technology home.

Our Perks Include:

• PTO - 15 days (vacation/sick) 10 paid holidays - 6 standard (New Year's, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) - 4 floating holidays prorated based on your day of hire
• 1.5 paid days, or 12 hours, for approved volunteer work
• 1 week of paid maternity/paternity LOA after 1 year of Full-time employment
• Tuition & Training Reimbursement - 5K annually for pre-approved, job-related tuition, certification, or professional conferences
• 401K with Fidelity 100% immediate vesting; Plan eligibility begins 90 days following the date of hire. Aquila matches 50 cents on the dollar, up to 6%.
• Cell Phone & Internet Reimbursed up to $150 monthly to cover cell phone, data, and home internet expenses.
• Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) Allowance Reimbursed up to $1500 for the purchase of a qualified technology device. Eligible after 90 days of employment, and benefit renews every three years.

Clearance: Active secret clearance is preferred; however, the group will consider candidates with the ability to obtain an interim secret clearance for the start of the assignment.

Work Location - Hybrid: Candidates should expect to be onsite 3 days a week (on average).

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.