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My team is looking for a mid-senior career Linux admin. The job is in Lexington, MA. I've been commuting from Hudson, NH to here for 8 years. The work is supporting a research environment and requires U.S. citizenship and will require you to apply for a U.S. government SECRET clearance.

Please contact me if you are interested. Here's the detailed job description:
We are seeking a system administrator to build and maintain complex systems and networks in a research environment. The administrator will support highly technical end users by maintaining laboratories of research servers and networks, virtual environments, and desktop/laptop development systems. A successful candidate must have a desire to learn new skills and technologies, work well with a team, have strong communication and documentation skills, and seek creative solutions that further the overall goals of the organization.

Responsibilities include: 
?	Hardware and software installation of servers and network equipment
?	Application installation, configuration and integration
?	Designing and developing solutions to solve researcher problems and meet their IT needs
?	Document configurations, procedures, physical and logical system topologies, 
?	Automate and document repetitive tasks
?	Interface with internal site-wide IT organization to facilitate organizational efforts in security, compliance and asset management
?	Provide limited technical support to researchers
?	Perform regular maintenance tasks such as anti-virus scans, system patching, and software upgrades
?	Track tasks in an issue tracker to keep stakeholders appraised of task loading and status

Required abilities:
?	A BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience desired
?	A minimum of 5 years experience performing regular system administration duties on server class Linux systems
?	Strong Linux skills are critical
?	Ability to automate using scripting languages (e.g. shell or Python)
?	Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware vSphere preferred)
?	Demonstrated understanding of fundamental networking concepts and technologies (such as switching, VLANs, routing, firewall rules/access lists). Hardware experience with Cisco and/or Extreme preferred
?	Knowledge of common open source tools and services (web server, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, NFS, git)
?	Work with Puppet configuration management and the tools in the Puppet ecosystem (Puppet, Foreman, MCollective, vagrant). Experience is a plus, but must at least have a desire to learn these technologies

The position is currently for a full-time long-term contract, but open to the possibility of a direct hire now or in the future.

Due to our hiring process for contractors, there are a number of agencies on contract that we can put you in touch with, and salary would be negotiable between you and the agency based on their bid against a government RFP.

The position is at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA, specifically in the Airborne Networks research group ( http://www.ll.mit.edu/employment/division6.html#65 ). For those interested in public transit, Lincoln is accessible via the 76 bus from Alewide or via private shuttle bus from MIT campus (see https://www.ll.mit.edu/about/shuttle.html ).

If interested please forward resumes to me at shawn at ll.mit.edu

-Shawn


Shawn K. O'Shea
781-981-3401
IT Services
Group 65 - Airborne Networks
MIT Lincoln Laboratory




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