Peraton is seeking a Linux System Administrator to join our team in supporting our environmental information management and compliance enterprise software solutions. This position is located in Clearfield, Utah.
The System Administrator will help maintain Linux-based development, test, training and production environments for our web-based applications. The selected candidate will support information security by configuring these environments to conform to DoD security standards, applying patches, gathering artifacts and documenting evidence that demonstrates compliance during periodic security audits.
In addition to the core responsibilities of this position noted in the Roles and Responsibilities section below, the selected candidate will also likely be involved in assisting the team in the performance of a wide breadth of tasks related to competencies listed in the Preferred Qualifications section of this job description, many of which can be learned while on the job.
What you will do:
- Provide input and guidance of architecture decisions with regard to middle-tier changes
Evaluate new technologies, determine viability of solutions and make recommendations - Partner with Data Center operations and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless deployments, proper documentation and support for applications
- Maintain several environments, keeping them in-step with security changes and patches, including OS, Database and all vendor updates, while adhering to certification standards and change procedures
- Perform builds and deployments in support of testing upcoming releases, including submitted changes and duties related to configuration management in a development environment
- Support development teams, implementation teams and help-desk teams with requested issues, both local and remote to the site
- Stand up, maintain, backup, tune and secure required systems needed for any environment. This will include physical and virtual servers, operating systems, middle-tier software, database software and data, LDAP servers, HTTP servers, firewall, proxy servers, printers, routers, switches, All components of a sub-net and the accompanying security
- Occasionally provide after-hours or weekend troubleshooting support to address urgent issues that may arise in the production deployment of a web-based application used by over 150,000 DoD employees
