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Northrop Grumman Enterprise Services is seeking a well-qualified Linux Systems Administrator to join its dynamic team of technical professionals in the Northridge, CA area. Roles and responsibilities will include:
• Perform as a Linux System Administrator for a classified government contract
• Managing and maintaining secure, minimally-interrupted operations of Linux servers and workstations
• Supporting bare-metal and virtual machines
• Installing, hardening and patching Linux operating systems
• Developing and documenting technical procedures
• Able to partition disks, create logical volumes, create file systems and mount file systems in Linux environments
• Read, modify and create shell script and scripts in various other languages
• Understand basic LDAP and DNS concepts and be able to query these services for information and troubleshoot issues in Linux environments
• Learn new technologies on own and work effectively independently, while still coordinating actions as required
• Install and configure COTS software, and perform configuration and maintenance in Linux environments
• Interact with and successfully utilize boards-of-approval to maintain required security controls and configuration management
• Perform technical research on Information Technology topics, as requested, and produce presentations and recommendations
• Occasional travel to customer sites or other Northrop Grumman sites in support of troubleshooting, testing, and deployment activities
• Coordinating actions with peer system administrators, network administrators, security teams, software teams and hardware engineers
• Lift equipment weighing up to 40 pounds
• Work after hours and weekends as needed
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Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
• Associate’s degree and 7 years of work experience OR Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of work experience OR Master’s Degree and 3 years of work experience OR high school diploma or equivalent and 9 years of work experience in lieu of a completed degree.
• IAM Level I certification (ex: Security+ CE) or greater or ability to obtain with 6 months of start date.
• Active DoD Top Secret security clearance.
• Ability to be cleared to special access programs.
• Experience managing Redhat Linux server environment.
• Linux OS support experience.
• Experience installing, configuring, and maintaining computer hardware in a networked or standalone environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelors or Masters Degree in IS related field
• Experience operating under and managing systems within NISPOM Chapter 8, DCID 6/3-ICD 503, RMF, STIG, JAFAN,
or JSIG information system environments
• Red Hat System Administration certification(s)
• Experience with NAS storage device
• Solid understanding of Enterprise-level storage concepts to include all commonly-used RAID-levels
• Red Hat Satellite Server (version 5 and version 6) configuration and usage experience
• Solid understanding of remediating security vulnerabilities ; Experience hardening Red Hat systems in accordance with
RMF and STIGs
• Identity Management (Single Sign-On) experience
• Experience with parallelization, mpi, mpich, mipch2, openmpi, and job schedulers
• Experience with host-based firewall implementations and configuration (Red Hat “iptables”)
• Experience building custom “rpm” software packages for Red Hat platforms
• Windows (7, 10) administration experience; Windows Server 2008/2012 experience; Group
• Policies(GPOs) experience; Active Directory management experience
• Solid writing skills and use of Wiki pages and SharePoint sites for documentation
• DoD 8570 Certification in a primary OS (Windows, Linux, Cisco)
• Currently valid Security+ CE, CASP, CISSP or similar security certification
• Currently Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
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