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Systems Administrator (Level 2 OR 3)Northrop Grumman • Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Systems Administrator (Level 2 OR 3)

Systems Administrator (Level 2 OR 3)

Northrop Grumman • Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a System Administrator (Level 2 OR 3) to join the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Program to implement and manage various development and mission environments inclusive of all associated hardware and software products. The selected candidate will work collaboratively with technical disciplines such as cybersecurity, hardware engineering, software engineering, and systems engineering to achieve successful outcomes and mission success. This position requires a background with provisioning, integrating, and maintaining computer systems running Red Hat Linux.

As a System Administrator within the DARC program you will get to:

  • Perform as a Linux System Administrator for an enterprise classified network

  • Provide technical assistance and support related to computer systems, hardware, and software.

  • Implement and manage HPE HPC clusters

  • Respond to queries, run diagnostic programs, isolate problems, support development of corrective action and implement corrective actions

  • 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

  • Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, with internal and external customers, in written and oral format

Basic Qualifications

  • Level 2: Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience OR Master’s degree and 0 years of experience; 6 years of total experience may be considered in lieu of completed degree

  • Level 3: Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience OR Master’s degree and 3 years of experience; 9 years of total experience may be considered in lieu of completed degree.

  • Active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application.

  • Create and maintain user and computer accounts and modify file permissions and security access lists.

  • Test new releases of products to ensure compatibility and minimize user impact.

  • IAT Level II certification (ex. Security+ CE) or greater.

  • Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux 8/9 OS

  • Experience with Ansible

  • Experience with Red Hat Identity Manager (IDM)

  • Experience with Red hat Satellite Server configuration and usage

  • Ability to travel 25% (CONUS or OCONUS)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with ability to gain SCI

  • Experience with Hewlett Package Enterprise High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster management solutions such as HPE CM

  • Experience with various MPI implementations, IntelMPI, OpenMPI, MPICH

  • Experience with InfiniBand networks and the InfiniBand protocol

  • Experience with Nvidia CUDA libraries and GPUs

  • Experience with job schedulers, such as Slurm or PBS

  • Experience with global and parallel file systems, such as GPFS

  • Experience with Data Diode/CDS security solutions

  • Experience with Agile Methodologies and use of Atlassian tools (i.e. Jira, Confluence)

  • Experience with Cameo or similar MBSE tools

Primary Level Salary Range: $75,800.00 - $113,800.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $94,200.00 - $141,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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