What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Administrator- ID 842 position at Minuteman Group?
Job Title : System Administrator (Hybrid)
Location : Lexington, MA
Job Type : W2 Contract
Background / Need :
We live in a time in which you have a choice - a choice where to work, where to apply your talents and ideas, where to grow and look for self-fulfillment. We have made our choice. We are here. We are software, hardware and electrical engineers, computer scientists, cryptographers, system analysts and security architects who share a common passion for helping solve some of the hardest technical problems relevant to National security. We pursue innovative, high impact, practical research in small, focused teams. We succeed by participating in all R&D phases, including problem analysis and innovative solution design, system architecture, rapid prototyping and field-testing, and ultimately transfer of our technology to DoD and Intelligence Community users, sponsors, and Industry. We are having fun. We are looking for a high-quality, energetic Systems Administrator to join our team to turn futuristic R&D ideas into practical solutions to important problems. If you are a person that fits the bill, and you like to work on things that truly matter, apply to this requisition to learn more.
Must Have :
- 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.
Nice to Have :
Education & Experience : Bachelor's plus 8 years of relevant work experience.
Work Authorization : US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work.
