Master's Degree with 3 years of relevant IT experience; OR a Bachelor's Degree with 5 years of relevant IT experience; OR an Associate's Degree with 7 years of relevant IT experience; OR a High School Diploma/GED with 9 years of relevant IT experience is required Must have a DOD 8570 IAT Level II, or higher, certification (example:

Security+ CE); maintaining the required certification will be a condition of continued employment Must have Linux Operating Systems support experience Linux Workstation and Server management experience is required Experience operating under, and managing systems within, NISPOM Chapter 8, DCID 6/3-ICD 503, RMF, STIG, JAFAN, or JSIG information system environments Candidates must have a current DOD Top Secret/SCI level security clearance, to include a recent Polygraph [adjudicated within the last 5 years], in order to be considered Candidates must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, access to Special Programs as a condition of continued employment The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, a Security+ CE, a Linux+ or RHCSA, and 5 years of Linux Server Administration experience in a classified environment Understanding of basic networking, including subnets, routing, and VLANs; Cisco experience and/or certification Windows server management experience Windows AD, LDAP, VMWare, and knowledge of SAN storage systems VMWare experience with current version Knowledge of environmental monitoring tools (HBSS/Solar Winds/Splunk) Rudimentary Scripting experience Experience with the creation and deployment of system images in an enterprise environment Experience with Certification & Accreditation process