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Captivation is looking for software developers who can get stuff done while making a difference in support of the mission to protect our country.\r\nDescriptionCaptivation Software is looking for a mid level systems administrator who will be assisting with daily responsibilities.\r\nResponsibilitiesYou will work on large mixed Contractor/Civilian, SA/SE team supporting DevOps and Live systems.\r\nSupported systems are Linux and Windows hard boxes and VM’s.\r\nYou will come in look at your monitoring, catch up on emails and your team Skype chat room for mission critical updates and hot issues then go to JIRA and start working off tickets.\r\nThe team supports 3 (diff classifications) of backend environment with Mission and Operations users and desktops so authentication, DNS, share drives and home directories and communications between all of it.\r\nAs this team is large and does a lot of Dev Ops work as well as live systems sustainment you will need to communicate well with lots of other SA’s, SE’s and NE’s spanning multiple contracts and with direct Civilian tasking and leadership.\r\nRequirementsSecurity Clearance:Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen\r\nMinimum Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in related technical discipline required.\r\nFifteen (15) years of experience providing System Administration support\r\nRequired Skills:LINUX Administration (to meet the years for the LCAT)\r\nSolid experience with STE/STN, DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems\r\nStorage Management (CFS/DFS, NetApp..)\r\nVirtualization (Proxmox, RH KVM, VMWare…)\r\nIP networking and Firewall exp.\r\nSome experience with Containers/Cloud environment\r\nDesired Skills:Automation tools (Ansible, salt ..)\r\nScripting (bash, python, perl ..)\r\nHyper Converged Infrastructure exp (Harvester, Nutanix, Cisco HyperFlex…)\r\nThis position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.\r\nAnnual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)\r\nUp to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)\r\nAbove Market Hourly Rates\r\n$3,600 HSA Contribution\r\nCompany Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D\r\nVoluntary Self-IdentificationFor government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. 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