Title: Linux Systems Administrator
ALTA is supporting a direct hire opportunity. This position is 100% Onsite for initial 3-6 months and then remote 1-2 days/week and onsite 3-4 days/week after that. Location is in the National Harbor area, south of Washington DC.  ALTA IT Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of System One, a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions and integrated services. ALTA is an established leader in IT Staffing and Services, for both government and commercial enterprises across the United States, specializing in Program & Project Management, Application Development, Cybersecurity, Data & Advanced Analytics, and Agile Transformation Services.

Skills:  Linux Administration

Experience: 3 years of related experience Certifications: CompTIA - Security CE - CompTIA

US Citizenship Required: Yes

Job Description:

Linux Systems Administrator – Active Top Secret Required

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Linux Systems Administrator. A career in systems administration means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. As a Systems Administrator, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Systems Administrator joining our team to bring professionalism and initiative to a fast-paced environment that offers extensive options for training, certification, and career advancement. When we succeed, you succeed and together our best becomes better.

• Basic knowledge of containerization and container orchestration

• Experience developing methods for deploying development environments that mirror production environments for risk mitigation in test and evaluation of software and hardware solutions

• Develop and provide documentation and training to improve utilization of various Linux based technical solutions

• Experience troubleshooting complex system hardware and software issues

• Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, ICMP, ssh and SNMP

• Solid knowledge of Networking, VLANs, Firewalls, Load Balancers, and addressing schemes

• Skilled in system administration tasks such as file system, network, and account troubleshooting

• Knowledge of repository management practices, patch administration, and vulnerability remediation

• Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environments

• Experience with STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides)

• Ability to grasp and apply new information quickly and handle increasing responsibilities with growing complexity

• Ability to interact effectively with project teams, managers, and end users

• Creative and innovative thinking with the ability to multi-task

• Commitment to ongoing professional development

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar relevant degree

• Required Experience: 3 years of related experience as a Linux or Kubernetes Administrator

• Required Technical Skills: DoD 8140 compliance required

• Security Clearance Level: Active Top Secret with a T5 or T5R completed within the last 5 years

• Required Skills and Abilities: Highly motivated, self-starter with great communications skills; effective problem solver; able to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment

• Preferred Skills: Experience deploying and maintaining applications in a Kubernetes environment. Basic knowledge of Elasticsearch or any distributed full-text search engine. Basic PostgreSQL database administration . Infrastructure as Code (IaC) utilizing Ansible for configuration management and application deployment. Monitoring and alerting packages (e.g., Nagios, Grafana, and Prometheus. Experience with at least one scripting languages such as Bash

• Location: Washington, District of Columbia; limited telework may be available
  Please contact Patrick Jackson to learn more about this position // pjackson@altaits.com???????