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Sr. UNIX Systems Engineer

CGI, Radford, Virginia, United States, 24141

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Position Description CGI Federal is looking for a UNIX system engineer to help support a program we are working on for the Army's PL ALTESS contract. PL ALTESS, or Product Lead for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services, is a key U.S. Army organization providing IT services and support to the Army and Department of Defense. As a managed service provider, ALTESS delivers infrastructure, platform, and application services across data centers and commercial clouds. It plays a crucial role in modernizing IT systems by migrating them to the cloud and managing mission‑critical applications to ensure Army readiness. ALTESS oversees IT service delivery across various hosting locations, aligning with Department of Defense digital transformation strategies as part of PEO Enterprise.

This position is located in Radford, VA.

Responsibilities This position is for a Senior UNIX System Engineer for a mixed and growing environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux / Oracle Enterprise Linux and Solaris UNIX. The engineer will work with the existing UNIX team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment. The role includes planning, executing and implementing new system hardware and software, creating and maintaining technical instructions, operating procedures and policies, monitoring and tuning system performance, ensuring ongoing operation of the servers, hardening the servers, reporting overall security and operational status, recommending improvements, managing new software/hardware integrations, providing utilization reports, supporting the lifecycle of vendor equipment, firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance, and recommending, demonstrating and implementing technologies to expand, upgrade and increase efficiency. Excellent communication and team skills are essential.

Required Qualifications

CompTIA Security+.

Experience in Computer Science or IT.

Computing Environment (CE) Certification (i.e., RedHat) – can be waived for 30 days after project join date.

Active DOD Secret Security Clearance.

Five or more years' experience as a Unix Systems Administrator or IT Engineer with experience in automating assigned tasks.

Three or more years' experience in patch management with understanding how to apply security updates to systems via YUM and RPM.

Three or more years' experience working in an environment with complex networks while demonstrating experience using VLANs, troubleshooting tools such as ifconfig, netstat, ssh and telnet, and hardening a system using firewalld/iptables and hosts.

Three or more years' experience managing a large pool of local users through the command line.

Three or more years' experience creating, maintaining, following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.

Three or more years' experience configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.

Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player.

Desired Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience.

Three or more years' experience with SELinux – understand the basic and advanced management and configuration of SELinux.

Experience supporting Cybersecurity patch management and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), Security Requirement Guides (SRG), RMF, Security Control Assessor-Validator (SCA‑V), and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA).

Experience deploying large‑scale hardware and software system enhancements and/or upgrades for an organization with widely distributed geographic sites.

Experience with current and emerging network and infrastructure management technologies and business practices.

Compensation CGI Federal’s compensation range for this role in the U.S. is $113,400.00 – $198,400.00.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive insurance options

Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan

Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time

Paid parental leave

Learning opportunities and tuition assistance

Wellness and Well‑being programs

Equal Opportunity Employer Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business.

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All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances.

CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.

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