Senior System Administrator (ID#5609)

New Value Solutions, a national IT consulting organization, is seeking a Senior System Administrator for a long-term government consulting engagement in the National Capital Region.

The successful candidate will bring extensive experience administering Linux-based distributed systems, supporting DevOps environments, managing containerized infrastructure, and maintaining highly available platforms. Recent experience working in a Top Secret classified, air-gapped environment is a key requirement.

This position requires onsite work in the NCR and is not available as a remote engagement.

Responsibilities:

• Administer, configure, maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot distributed computing and storage environments.
• Support software development and DevOps teams through continuous integration and source code management tools.
• Manage containerization and virtualization platforms, including Docker, Kubernetes, and VMware.
• Configure, administer, and optimize Elastic Stack environments, including Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and configuration management processes.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot infrastructure issues, and maintain highly available platforms.
• Support secure infrastructure operations, system documentation, and knowledge transfer.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree or college diploma in a relevant discipline and at least 10 years of System Administrator experience within the past 15 years, or at least 15 years within the past 20 years without the specified education.
• At least 10 years of experience within the past 15 years administering distributed storage systems, including cluster configuration, installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• At least 10 years of experience within the past 15 years administering systems supporting software development or DevOps, using tools such as Jenkins, Git, or equivalents.
• At least 10 years of experience within the past 15 years working with containerization or virtualization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, or VMware.
• At least 3 years of experience within the past 5 years administering the Elastic Stack, including data pipelines, performance optimization, and custom dashboards.
• At least 1 year of experience within the past 3 years performing configuration management and debugging on a distributed platform within a Top Secret classified network operating under secure air-gapped protocols, using tools such as Puppet, Ansible, or Bash.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting highly available, scalable IT architectures.
• Strong Linux system administration experience, including system hardening, installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Experience evaluating, recommending, and implementing IT infrastructure products and technologies.
• Strong Bash and Python scripting and automation capabilities.
• Experience monitoring distributed platforms, developing dashboards, and optimizing system performance.
• Experience with Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) or Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) would be an asset.

If you have the necessary expertise and are legally authorized to work in Canada, please submit your resume. We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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