JOB DESCRIPTION

In support of the Army Research Laboratory DoD Supercomputing Resource Center (ARL-DSRC), BAE Systems provides program management and technical support necessary to advance services, capabilities, infrastructure, and technologies.
BAE Systems is seeking a Technical Lead with extensive experience in Linux, Network, and Super Computing Administration to support a team of administrators with standard system administration duties at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
The selected candidate will provide technical leadership and guidance to the standard System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux based application and license servers, virtual machines, and cluster based systems. Network administration and familiarity with dynamic routing protocols, firewalls, route / switch will also be required.

Additional duties:

• Setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space.
• Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
• Participating in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our HPC systems and software environment.
• Assisting with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques.
• Leading all technical decisions to ensure compatibility with current infrastructure, developing of documentation, and leading of major maintenances.

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REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of experience OR 10 years of experience.
DoD 8570 certification - Security + and OS cert, Linux+, RedHat, etc. (90 day waiver may be provided to obtain the OS certification).
Willingness to occasionally work after hours and/or respond to emergency situations for problem resolution.
General knowledge of Linux and general Network operating systems concepts as well as systems administration experience.
Ability to develop and maintain documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks.
Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation of the Information System.
Must have 3-5 or more years experience managing and leading technical teams;.Leader of direct reports, mentor, provide guidance, and ensuring minimal risks when accomplishing daily responsibilities.

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

The preferred candidate will have 2-5 years HPC expereince
Experience with Storage Architectures: SAN, SAS, FC, SATA, Bandwidth, Performance
Familiar in multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.
Security implementations using multi-factor authentication, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix OS hardening to DoD STIG standards.
Experience programming or troubleshooting Python code
Experience with supporting Apache Web Server
Experience with Zabbix
Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager
Experience with BIND DNS
Experience with Puppet or Ansible
Experience with Network Engineering concepts and practices.

• Setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space.
• Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
• Participating in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our HPC systems and software environment.
• Assisting with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques.
• Leading all technical decisions to ensure compatibility with current infrastructure, developing of documentation, and leading of major maintenances