Systems Administrator with Security Clearance

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Job description

About Farfield Systems, Inc At Farfield we are committed to delivering trusted expertise to our government clients. As we grow, our focus is on increasing opportunities for you to grow with us while still delivering the same excellence customers have grown to expect from us. We continually evaluate our environment to provide a place where your career is packed with opportunities to grow, and you have the ability to demonstrate your passion to our customers. We focus on building a Team where each employee is a valued member. Farfield provides support to multiple agencies across the United States Government in many locations. That means many different opportunities to follow your career path without changing companies every few years. "Employee driven mission focused." We build, operate and secure networks and infrastructure. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required (Five (5) years of SA experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree) • No demonstrated experience is required (with Bachelor's degree) • Active IAT Level II Certification (i.e. Security +) • Strong communication and organizational skills, ability to provide exceptional customer service • Ability to provide support for implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems • Able to provide Tier 1 (Help Desk) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems • Ability to learn and/or basic familiarity with working in a ticketing system • TS/SCI clearance with polygraph • DoD 8570 compliance with IAT Level 2 is required. - 5 yrs experience as an SA (Tier 2 and Tier 3 support). 5 additional years required if they do not have a BS degree in a STEM related major - Linux system administration experience. (3+) years desired. - Experience using Puppet software configuration management and deployment tool on Linuz servers. - Apache Niagara Files Basics to include ability to navigate, configure dataflows, and use dataflow information with the NiFi User Interface. - Provide day to day operational support to client/server/storage/network devices - Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers - Optimize system operations and resource utilization and perform system capacity analysis and planning Additional non-required Qualifications: - Apache NiFi proficiency. Ability to use key features, including FlowFiles, processors, process groups, controllers, and connections, to define a NiFi dataflow and an understanding of NiFi's architecture configuration is a plus +. - Experience using the Atlassian Jira ticketing system for Incident Management. - Experience deploying, managing, and maintaining a VMware virtual environment to include ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, and virtual machines. - Scripting experience (Python, Bash etc.) intermediate to advanced proficiency preferred. Preferred Qualifications: • Linux experience a plus

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