Senior UNIX Engineer Job Listing at SAIC in Washington, DC (Job ID 2505899)

Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a highly skilled Senior UNIX Engineer to join our Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) team in Washington, DC. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and high-performance UNIX-based systems, with a strong focus on utilizing Azure cloud services. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in system administration, scripting, and automation, and good understanding of Azure cloud infrastructure Job Duties

·        Provides advanced technical support and resolves complicated or ambiguous problems regarding UNIX/Linux-based  hardware and software.

·        Manages complicated systems activities and adjusts system parameters and configuration to ensure security of systems and maximum performance.

·        Develop and implement technical standards for Linux and UNIX operating systems (e.g., RHEL, Solaris, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu, etc.)

·        Perform system kernel tuning, performance optimization, and security hardening

·        Drive decision making, identify alternatives, pros and cons, and make recommendations.

·        Integration expertise with a Microsoft Windows computing infrastructure including directory services, file sharing, networking, client configuration, and multi-platform tiered application deployment.

·        Actively work on integrating with large, enterprise computing environments, and collaboration with multiple functional teams and customers to ensure high service levels and effective solutions.

·        Monitors key performance metrics on Unix based systems and perform capacity analysis as needed

Qualifications

Education & Experience

·        Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

·        10+ years of experience managing large-scale enterprise Linux/UNIX systems

·        7+ years of experience leading technical teams or projects

·        Familiarity with high-availability and clustered Linux/UNIX environments

·        Experience supporting and documenting build and configuration changes throughout environments

·        Understanding of industry standard system architecture and system management concepts and tools

·        Experience in the design, deployment, and support of large, complex systems

 

Clearance: Must be able to attain Public Trust

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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