Senior Principal System Administrator

Senior Principal System Administrator

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Schedule: Full Time

Salary Range: $90K-$115K

OVERVIEW

Caribou Thunder is seeking a Senior Principal System Administrator to work in an Agile environment and support BPP Agile Delivery Order. This role will apply expertise on multiple complex work assignments. Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks.

SECURITY CLEARANCE 

• Active Secret Clearance

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 10 years of experience
• OR Master’s Degree plus 8 years of experience
• 4 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform as a Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administrator for a large-classified government contract.
• Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, with internal and external customers, in written and oral format.
• Maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network, software, hardware, and system engineers, end users, and customer and IT management.
• Support multiple networks.
• Ensure necessary administration tasks are completed.
• Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system including installing, upgrading/patching, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration management.
• Provide backup and recovery services; manage file systems and disk space; manage virus protection on a routine basis.
• Create and maintain user and computer accounts and modify file permissions and security access lists.
• Develop and document technical processes and procedures as needed.
• Make recommendations to purchase hardware, software, system components.
• Interact, meet, discuss, and troubleshoot issues with vendors; evaluate vendor products, services, and suggestions.
• Adhere to strict Information Systems security guidelines in all cases.
• Maintain security audit and logging information on all classified networked and standalone computers as directed by the Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO).
• Prepare security documentation for input to Computer Security.
• Report project status as required for all recurring and non-recurring efforts.
• Work under minimal direction and independently determine and develop approach to solutions.
• Creation and deployment of Windows and Linux system images in an enterprise environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current Security + CE certification.
• Primary Systems Administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms.
• Understand and implement virtual machine technologies including KVM, VMware, Hyper-V and Oracle VM Virtual Box.
• Understanding basic networking, including subnets, routing, and VLANs.
• Cisco experience and/or certification.
• Veritas Backup Exec experience in Windows and Linux environments.
• Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Systems Administration experience with various Operating Systems such as Microsoft Windows 10 Secure Host Baseline (SHB), Windows Server 2016 SHB, RHEL 6/7 and Solaris 10/11.
• 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 Linux and/or MS Windows Operating System certification for current versions.

ABOUT CARIBOU THUNDER

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006. Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world.

Caribou Thunder, LLC is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide. We offer industry leading salaries, flexible work life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match). Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal supporting National Security programs. Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.

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