IA-DOM-IWD-TS2-Linux Engineer

Systems Administrator
The Systems Administrator is responsible for effective installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
The position requires someone that is detail oriented with a strong desire to provide exceptional service.
The system administrator will be responsible for improving the stability and performance of various operating systems, maintaining and improving the security posture of the systems, continuous monitoring of system health, and troubleshooting issues that arise.
The Systems Administrator is accountable as the primary resource for the Linux environment and will serve as a backup to the Windows System administrators as well as the applications that support the enterprise infrastructure and business critical services.
Responsibilities on these systems include the administration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and performance of VMware systems, hosting hardware, Linux servers and Microsoft Windows servers.
This is a 3 month contract with a high likelihood to extend.
Please limit submittals to candidates who are local, and who can work for any employer in the USA, making them eligible to be hired directly by the state if selected.
Responsibilities include:

•Engineering of Linux systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs.
•Fluent in various flavors of Linux:
CentOS, RHEL and Oracle Enterprise Linux
•Install and configure Linux servers and application residing on Linux servers
•Develops and maintains appropriate system documentation to ensure that documentation is current.
•Contribute to and maintain system standards.
•Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies.
Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
•Virtual Center administration and troubleshooting
•Strong knowledge of Windows Server administration
•Excellent oral and written communication skills; including documentation
•Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
Configure/add new services as necessary.
•Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs.
•Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.
Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
•Provides backup to Sr.
Windows Engineer and Storage and Virtualization Engineer as needed

Required/Desired Skills
Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience Consultant Experience System administration experience in Linux environments and proficient in tasks such as analyzing log files, managing user accounts and groups Required 5 Windows Systems Administration and Active Directory Required 3 Strong knowledge of MS Windows 2008, 2012, 2016 servers Required 3 Experience troubleshooting system level problems including server failure and OS tuning Required 3 The ability to create and manage BASH scripting Required 3 The ability to schedule and manage Cron Jobs Required 3 Experience configuring and managing Apache Web servers including SSL Certificate configuration, reverse proxy and load balancing configuration Required 3 Ability to effectively communicate (verbal & written correspondence) in a professional and courteous manner with technical and non-technical personnel Required 3 Will be required to be accessible 24x7 in case of emergency Required 3 Hands on VMware experience, including vSphere and administration of VMware clusters Desired 3 Experience with Samba, CIFS and NFS mounts Desired 3 Experience with Nagios monitoring software Desired 3 associates degree or tech school Desired 3 The ability to setup and configure systemd services Desired 3 Experience with VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop Desired 3 Experience configuring and managing other application server and middleware technologies such as JBoss, AS/Wildfly, IBM MQseries Desired 3 Configuring and managing Apache Tomcat is a plus Desired 3 SOLR experience is a plus Desired 3 Alfresco experience is a plus Desired 3 Experience with DBMS software including, but not limited to, Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server and MongoDB Desired 3 Strong knowledge of Active Directory and Terminal Services Desired 3 Strong knowledge of DNS, DHCP, LDAP, SMTP and TCP/IP networking Desired 3 Knowledge of SAN storage, VMFS, iSCSI, NFS, etc.
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Question1 The Contractor must report any disciplinary action, misdemeanor or felony convictions to the State for any temporary IT staff provided.
Do you agree to this requirement? Question2 Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI Management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that a resource can be reached during his or her absence.
The client has the right to dismiss the resource if she or he does not return to work by the agreed upon date.
Do you accept this requirement? Question3 This requirement falls under the e-RTR process.
The candidate MUST submit their Right to Represent electronically following the process to be considered.
Do you accept this requirement? Question4 Please list candidate's email address HERE that will be used when submitting E-RTR.
Question5 Do you accept this requirement? Question6 PROVIDE CANDIDIDATES CURRENT LOCATION (CITY/STATE) HERE:
Question7 SHOW YOUR WORK - In the summary of qualifications field under the details tab of the candidate's profile, you should explain why your candidate is the best fit for this position.
Please confirm that you have thoroughly validated and attested to the accuracy of the credentials listed throughout this candidate's VectorVMS profile and resume according to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-00NA40.
Do you confirm? Candidates will get rejected if an agency cuts and pastes the candidates' resumes into this field [REQUIRED] Question8 Use of AI is Strictly Prohibited:
Please be advised that the use of AI-generated responses during screenings and interviews is strictly prohibited.
Confirm that your candidate has been informed of this policy and agrees to adhere to it.
Non-compliance will result in disqualification from the interview process.
Question9 Background Check Requirements:
DOM contractor personnel are required to undergo additional background check investigations (run by DOM) before starting, requiring the completion of several waiver forms & fingerprint processes.
The selected candidate will be responsible for completing all the necessary waiver forms, scheduling and completing the fingerprinting process, and returning all completed items to DOM for processing.
This is in addition to the National Criminal and Sex Offender check that the vendor Question10 PROVIDE CANDIDATES FULL PHYSICAL ADDRESS where DOM DoIT Background Check form and Fingerprint cards are to be mailed [REQUIRED] Question11 INTERVIEW DATES:
Interviews will be conducted on [NOVEMBER 12th, 13th, and 14th ] Only submit candidates available for interviews on the date(s) provided.