**Job Description**

In support of the Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), Team BAE provides program management and technical support necessary to advance services, capabilities, infrastructure, and technologies. Team BAE is seeking a **S** ubject **M** atter **E** xpert Linux Administrator to support a team of administrators with standard Linux system administration duties at ERDC in Vicksburg, Mississippi

**Primary Responsibilities:**

Perform standard Linux System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux based application and license servers, virtual machines, and GP/GPU cluster based systems. Coordination with network administrators required. Additional duties are:

1. Setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space.

2. Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.

3. Participating in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our HPC systems and software environment.

4. Assisting with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques.

**Required Education, Experience, & Skills**

12 years' experience with a HS diploma, 10 years with associates degree, bachelor's and 8 years or more experience; master's degree and 6 years or more experience; PhD and 4 years related experience.

Extensive knowledge of Linux and Unix operating systems concepts as well as systems administration experience

Ability to develop and maintain documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks

Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation of the Information System

DoD 8570 Certification compliance Security and OS cert, Linux , RedHat, etc.

May require occasion after hours support and response to emergency situations for problem resolution.

**Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills**

Experience with compiling, installing, and porting software.

Ability to understand application scaling issues related to problem resolution, algorithm choice.

Experience with Storage Architectures: SAN, SAS, FC, SATA, Bandwidth, Performance

Ability to manage development of appropriate application benchmarks, analyze results and determine optimal configurations for processor type/speed, size of memory/cache, and memory interconnect fabric for customer problem domains.

Familiar in multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.

Security implementations using multi-factor authentication, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix OS hardening to DoD STIG standards.

Experience programming or troubleshooting Python code

Experience with supporting Apache Web Server

Experience with Zabbix

Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager

Experience with BIND DNS

Experience with Ansible

Experience with Gitlab

**Pay Information**

Full-Time Salary Range: $103590 - $176130

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

**Sr Linux System Administrator, SME**

**101303BR**

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