UNIX or LINUX Administrator, Fort Belvoir VA

Job Title: UNIX / LINUX Administrator
Job Duration: Long Term
Job Location: Fort Belvoir VA 22060
Required:
Active SECRET Clearance
LINUX Redhat Certification

Job Description:
·       The contractor’s Senior UNIX/LINUX System Administrator shall demonstrate the following:
·       Extensive and proven experience in server architectures, storage architectures, high availability clustering, monitoring tools, backup/restore, performance tuning/capacity planning, documentation, project management, and have knowledge of best practices from large scale enterprise deployments;
·       Possess a very strong ability to lead technical teams, discussions and projects with different teams, manage time effectively in a dynamic environment, deliver projects as required, and apply broad expertise of technical industry;
·       Knowledge in solving problems that are unique and complex, given time, budget, and resource constraints, and strong analytical and problem solving skills;
·       Experience with UNIX server administration including Redhat LINUX platform and support experience in a large UNIX environment including server management, backup/restore, performance tuning, LDAP, DNS, SAN/NAS, TCP/IP, VMWare, relational database management system, web applications, and high availability clustering;
·       Experience as a team leader with strong leadership and interpersonal communication (i.e., verbal, presentation and written) skills to include team building skills; and
Possession of and ability to maintain throughout contract period: 

Thanks & Regards
Vinay Kumar
COMPQSOFT, Inc.
HUB Zone, SDB, MBE Certified
An ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 Certified
505 N, Sam Houston Pkwy East, Suite # 682, Houston, TX 77060

Phone: 281-657-6729  І  Fax: 281-657-6717  І  www.compqsoft.com
Email: vinay.p@compqsoft.com

Senior Server Administrator, Anaheim, CA

Job Title:  Senior Server Administrator

Location: 201 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 401, Anaheim, CA 92805

Duration: 1 Year

CITIZENSHIP: US Citizen preferred; will consider Green Card

Client: HP

Job Description

Position Details

Expert in the area of Information Technology and Responsible for providing technical system administration to include installs, adding, altering, configuration and ongoing maintenance for the Infrastructure. Exercises significant independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to determine the best method for accomplishing work and achieving objectives. Leads and / or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives. Provide mentoring and guidance to lower level employees. Responds to queries, runs diagnostic programs, isolates problem, and develop and implement solution. Must be able to work in a fast pace environment, meeting deadlines and responding to customer requests in a timely manner. Must be able to pass an in-depth background investigation working with Law enforcement sensitive data. Candidate must be able to work shift, weekends, on-call and emergency operations for routing disaster and training exercises, sponsored and non-sponsored by the customer.

Skills Required:

Personal Attributes:

Good interpersonal skills, verbal and written communication skills, resourcefulness, and an ability to prioritize tasks. Personal initiative is important, as is the ability to work with other team members. Ability to work in a fast paced environment; focus on customer service in a managed services environment reporting to multiple levels of command. Ability to coach and mentor lower level administrators to help them gain the technical knowledge and skills to support systems and improve the overall support model for day to day work activities.

Required Skills: MUST HAVE ALL REQUIRED SKILLS TO BE CONSIDERED
• 5+ years as a Systems Administrator in a diverse Operating systems environment for a large networked
• 5+ years as a leader an organization leading teams
• Expert communication skills with the ability to articulate technical issues, requests or requirements at a leadership level
• Ability to interact with a diverse group of technical resources
• 5+ years working for State and Local government organization
• Developing requirements, builds, design and engineering for systems and environments
• Maintaining and support backup solutions for both production environment and disaster recovery in desperate locations
• 3+ years working with TCP/IP, MAC addresses, networking technologies, various VPN solutions, trouble ticket system, cabling systems
• 3 to 5 years working with Data Center operations, climate control, configuration and supporting the day to day support requirements
• Knowledge and skills managing a mixed operating system environment to include clustering, meshed technologies, blade enclosures,
• Skilled team leader, mentor and coach for subordinate team members
• Demonstrates superior problem solving skills
• Past experience working in an outsourcing engagement
• Remain patient and professional at all times.
• Experience with desktop, laptop and mobile devices
• Experienced with software distribution and auditing utilizing automated tools
• Experience with Microsoft Messaging and collaboration tools
• Experience managing a BES environment
• 3 to 5 years working with virtualization technologies (VMWare, Microsoft)
• 3 to 5 years managing a complex active directory environment

Optional Skills:
• MCSE or other Microsoft Certification
• Knowledge and background with SUSE Linux
• Linux certification a plus
• Leadership skills and competences

Job responsibilities:

• Lead a diverse team of system administrators in the support of Enterprise Operations for a Mid-range team.
• Provide technical assistance and support for incoming queries and issues related to computer systems, software, and hardware in the server environment.
• Respond to queries either in person or over the phone.
• Develop training and work level instruction manuals for the environment and teams
• Order equipment, design, build and deploy systems in the environment
• Respond to email messages for customers seeking help.
• Ask questions to determine nature of problem.
• Create requirements for project level work
• Work with core HP Team to support the customer roadmap, inventory and changes to the environment
• Lead change efforts, ensuring teams are creating required documentation to discuss changes to the environment
• Work with 3rd party vendors to fully understand install and support requirements for systems
• Work with end-user and other support staff to resolve connectivity issues

SPECIAL REUIREMENTS:

No Remote

No Travel

In addition to the standard Background Check and Drug Screening, the Candidate must be able to pass background investigation conducted by Anaheim Police Department or their designated agency to support systems which may include a polygraph. Candidate will be required to work on a rotating on-call shift which includes evenings and weekends to meet service levels and support requirements. Candidate must work onsite at the customer location and will be required to be mobile to support the environment, work with the HP Leadership team and City Officials.

We have a very good relationship with the Hiring Manager and for the right candidate we can arrange an interview within a few days.

Look forward to connecting with you.

Thanks & Regards

Aravind

COMPQSOFT, Inc.

HUB Zone, SDB, MBE Certified

An ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 Certified

Phone: 281-978-4434  І  Fax: 281-657-6717

Email: aravind.k@compqsoft.com

Lead Engineer – UNIX, Ashburn VA

Position: Lead Engineer – UNIX

LCAT - System Admin IV

Duration: 1 year + possible extension

Location: Ashburn VA

Duration: 1 year + possible extension

Client: Accenture

Customer: NGA

TOP SECRET SCI is must and eligible to obtain CI Poly

CompTia Security + certification is must to have.

Local prefer but not required

Travel/Shift Hours/OT Requirements: Some night and weekend work required (based on operational need).

Profile/Role Description

Own Integrity and governance of system including best practice of delivering services - develop, deploy and support infrastructures, applications and technology initiatives, from an architectural and operational perspective in conjunction with existing standards and methods of delivery. For problem resolution, involved in technical escalation of issues (L3).  Deep knowledge of industry standards and vendor certifications in line with their deeper level of skill and experience. "Responsible for performing the day-to-day operations and support of the datacenter Red Hat and Sun Solaris environments.  This position will perform tier-2/3 escalation support and must possess experience in the operations and support of computer systems in a multi-server environment, with a focus on system administration of UNIX operating systems.

Primary responsibility will include hands on technical support work related to the overall health and maintenance of the  operating system environments (Red Hat/Solaris) in support of 24/7 operations.  Additionally, this individual is responsible for planning and supporting operating system changes required for the transition of new applications into the datacenter.

• Provide initial standup of the datacenter server environment (Red Hat / Sun Solaris) with continued support into 24x7 operations

• Perform remote monitoring of server/system health and status using provided tools (e.g., Satellite Server, Altiris, BMC, Dell Open Manage)

• Ability to decompose complex problems to ensure timely and accurate resolution of system anomalies before they impact operations

• Understanding of server ‘virtualization’

• Work with engineering and/or entity personnel to identify and troubleshoot operational and performance related issues

• Participate in rotational pager duty to provide on-call support; including off-hours server administration and problem escalation

• Plan and execute the installation and configuration of Linux/UNIX server operating environments within the datacenter (Red Hat / Sun Solaris)

• Provide hands on technical support (Tier-2/3) related to the overall health and maintenance of the Linux/UNIX operating environments in support of 24/7 operations

Preferred skills and qualifications:

System Administrator IV

• TS/SCI clearance

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field and 3 years’ experience; or 7 years related experience

• 3+ years relevant experience in Linux/Red Hat administration

• 2+ years relevant experience as a Window’s Admin

• 6+ year’s experience in providing operations based support for large-scale system architectures

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Must have demonstrated Linux/UNIX Administrator’s responsibilities to include the following activities:

• Linux/UNIX systems administration experience in a multi-server environment using Red Hat and/or Sun Solaris

• Understanding of fundamental networking/distributed computing environment concepts

• Experience with various networking protocols, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NIS/NIS+, LDAP and NFS

• Performing user account management, to include add/delete and access control

• Problem solving and troubleshooting skills; ability to work with personnel from multiple engineering disciplines to troubleshoot complex system-level problems

• Understanding of virtualization technologies (physical vs. logical servers)

• Development of scripts (shell/PERL)

We have a very good relationship with the Hiring Manager and for the right candidate we can arrange an interview within a few days.

Look forward to connecting with you.

Thanks & Regards

Aravind

COMPQSOFT, Inc.

HUB Zone, SDB, MBE Certified

An ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 Certified

Phone: 281-978-4434  І  Fax: 281-657-6717

Email: aravind.k@compqsoft.com

UNIX / Linux System Admin, Ashburn VA

UNIX System Admin

Location: Ashburn VA

Duration: Immediate to until Feb 2015 – extension thru Feb 2016

Active: TS/SCI and eligible to obtain CI Poly

Certification: Comptia Security + ce certification is must

Client: Accenture

Program Name: NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)

The Linux/Unix System Administrator is responsible for performing the day-to-day operations and support of the datacenter Red Hat and Sun Solaris environments.  This position will perform tier-2 escalation support and must possess experience in the operations and support of computer systems in a multi-server environment, with a focus on system administration of UNIX operating systems.

Primary responsibility will include hands on technical support work related to the overall health and maintenance of the operating system environments (Red Hat/Solaris) in support of 24/7 operations.  Additionally, this individual is responsible for supporting operating system changes required for the transition of new applications into the datacenter.

• Provide hands on technical support (Tier-2) related to the overall health and maintenance of the Linux/Solaris operating environments in support of 24/7 operations

• Perform remote monitoring of server/system health and status using provided tools (e.g., BMC, Satellite Server, Operataions Manager)

• Ability to decompose complex problems to ensure timely and accurate resolution of system anomalies before they impact operations

• Understanding of server ‘virtualization’

• Work with engineering and/or entity personnel to identify and troubleshoot operational and performance related issues

• Participate in rotational pager duty to provide on-call support; including off-hours server administration and problem escalation

• Plan and execute the installation and configuration of Linux/UNIX server operating environments within the datacenter (Red Hat / Sun Solaris)"                                

• IT Operations experience in the Intelligence Community

• Red Hat or Solaris administration experience

• Knowledge of networking protocols, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LDAP & NFS

• Development of scripts (shell/PERL)

• Storage Administration experience (NetApp, EMC, SUN, SGI)

• Virtualization experience in an operational environment

• Experience in supporting 24/7 operations

We have a very good relationship with the Hiring Manager and for the right candidate we can arrange an interview within a few days.

Look forward to connecting with you.

Thanks & Regards

Aravind

COMPQSOFT, Inc.

HUB Zone, SDB, MBE Certified

An ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 Certified

Phone: 281-978-4434  І  Fax: 281-657-6717

Email: aravind.k@compqsoft.com