Staff Systems Administrator (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)

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Maxar Intelligence's Mission Control Infrastructure DevOps (MCID) Team is seeking an experienced Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administrator to join our team in Westminster, CO. In this position, you will use your experience to support our on-prem (development / test / production) Linux, Storage and virtualization infrastructure.

This is a hybrid role based in Westminster, CO, supporting mission-critical devices in our on-prem datacenters (Westminster and Longmont, CO), with an average of three-days in office / datacenter per week and as needed.

Your responsibilities will include working individually and with teams to :

Configure, deploy and administer Linux-based physical and virtual server environments (both production and non-production), including DNS and LDAP.

Provide modest-level of 24x7 on-call support of key systems

Ensure security compliance through regular patching and overall vulnerability management

Work with leadership in managing hardware lifecycle

Assist in installation of software development and engineering tools

Act as a point of contact for troubleshooting and projects as related to computing support

Produce and maintain configuration and maintenance documentation

Minimum Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen and be able to obtain U.S. Government security clearance.

Bachelor’s degree in a computer-related major, such as computer science, electronic engineering or computer engineering. Additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.

Deep Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) knowledge, including install, configuration, patching and vulnerability management in both a physical and virtual environment

Experience with Dell PowerEdge server hardware

Experience with VMware vCenter and ESXi

Infrastructure-as-code experience, preferably Terraform, Ansible and Puppet

Interest in future growth in containerization, automation and public cloud

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Dell Precision / OptiPlex desktop hardware

Experience with both data center and cloud-based computing

Experience with Agile development practices

In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

• The base pay for this position within Colorado is : $87,000.00 - $145,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

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Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.