Description

Lynker is supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in providing comprehensive river and flood forecasts and warnings, for use by the public and emergency managers to protect life and property. This critical water intelligence also supports socio-economic decision-making for a sustained and enhanced economy.

We are seeking System Administrators to work on the team that provides integrated water prediction, forecasting the movement and presence of water throughout the nation in terms of quantity and availability, from summit to sea, treetop to bedrock, with the appropriate timeliness, resolution, reliability, accuracy, and quantified uncertainty required to inform risk-based water resource management decisions.

Responsibility:
Installs new software releases, system upgrades, evaluates and installs patches and resolves software related problems. Performs system backups and recovery. Maintains data files and monitors system configuration to ensure data integrity. Scan for vulnerabilities and resolve. Participated in large system and subsystem planning.

Assist in "Research to Operations" efforts, deploying the latest science in water prediction into a reliable operational environment.

Requirements

Skills Required:

• Skilled at utilizing: Linux (RedHat), Apache, Nagios, NetBackup, BIND, Clustering, Tenable
• Beneficial if skilled at utilizing: DevOps, Docker, Gitlab, Storage
• Desired experience supporting containers
• Detail oriented and the ability to interpret technical documentation
• Skilled at data center management

Experience Required:

• 3 to 6 years of systems administration experience
• Experience designing IT infrastructure across multiple geographic locations
• Strong Linux experience
• Experience with enterprise tools for patching IT systems
• Support and maintain the IT infrastructure.
• BS/BA in computer science or similar
• Experience utilizing Tenable and resolve system vulnerabilities
• Working experience with: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet

About Lynker

Lynker is a growing, Hub-zone certified small business specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost effective solutions in hydrology/water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.

We focus on putting the right people in the right place to be effective. And having the right people is critical for success. Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers’ scientific and technical priorities – creatively and effectively.

Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, competitive salaries and benefits, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled and diverse professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions.

Lynker is an E-Verify employer.

Lynker is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.