Lab Manager 3

Responsibilities

• Serve as a lead Linux Systems Administrator overseeing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments across development, lab, and production systems.
• Perform large-scale configuration management and deployment across Windows, macOS, Linux/Unix, and other operating systems and virtual environments to support the TEN infrastructure.
• Supporting the implementation of new technologies and equipment in the lab environment.
• Providing ongoing systems administration, technical support, upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting services
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and workflows to automate application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for large-scale provisioning, configuration management, and enforcement of compliance.
• Administer and maintain Splunk Enterprise/Splunk Cloud for system monitoring, security analytics, and operational intelligence.
• Implement and monitor security controls, including STIG compliance, access management, and audit configurations for Linux and Splunk systems.
• Develop dashboards and alerts in Splunk for proactive monitoring of system health, performance, and security events.
• Performing implementation of granular access control, and monitor systems for acceptable performance and user accessibility, establish back-ups, and monitor systems security.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex storage problems across the enterprise related to storage and replication strategies across local and wide area networks, monitor channels for storage-related network and system issues, and remediate them as they occur.
• Examine and identify opportunities for improving existing procedures, with the customer's approval.
• Managing assigned project components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives.
• Advises and provides insight on the development of lab standard operating procedures (SOPs) and policies.
• Employ security concepts, theories, insights, tools, and methodologies to mitigate system weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering, or related degree, or HS Diploma, and 7+ years of lab management or systems administration experience.
• 5+ years of directly relevant experience as a Linux System Administrator.
• 3+ years of experience with Splunk Enterprise administration and log ingestion
• 3+ years of experience with Ansible automation (Ansible Core or Ansible Tower/AAP)
• Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with writing technical procedures and standard operating procedures.
• Virtualization, automation, and optimization.
• Experience with multiple operating systems to include Linux/Unix, Windows, and macOS.
• Desired Certifications:  DoD 8140.01 IAT Level II