What are the responsibilities and job description for the UNIX Administrator position at VivSoft Technologies?
Location: Onsite – Richmond, VA
Clearance Required: Secret (Must hold IT-I Critical Sensitive or Tier 5 at time of proposal submission)
Position Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Minimum 7 Years of Relevant Experience
About VivSoft
VivSoft is a team of strategists, engineers, designers, and creators dedicated to solving complex federal challenges using emerging and open technologies. We specialize in building high-performance software and secure Software Factories based on DoD reference designs and NIST frameworks. Our capabilities span AI/ML applications, Data Science platforms, Blockchain, and Microservices, supporting mission-critical needs for the DoD, healthcare, and civilian agencies.
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled UNIX Administrator to design, configure, implement, and maintain enterprise-level UNIX hardware and operating system environments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in managing environments such as AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), HP-UX, and Solaris.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring system reliability, security, and performance, and supports enterprise efforts across system architecture, disaster recovery, and high availability initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Benefits
Clearance Required: Secret (Must hold IT-I Critical Sensitive or Tier 5 at time of proposal submission)
Position Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: Minimum 7 Years of Relevant Experience
About VivSoft
VivSoft is a team of strategists, engineers, designers, and creators dedicated to solving complex federal challenges using emerging and open technologies. We specialize in building high-performance software and secure Software Factories based on DoD reference designs and NIST frameworks. Our capabilities span AI/ML applications, Data Science platforms, Blockchain, and Microservices, supporting mission-critical needs for the DoD, healthcare, and civilian agencies.
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled UNIX Administrator to design, configure, implement, and maintain enterprise-level UNIX hardware and operating system environments. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in managing environments such as AIX, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), HP-UX, and Solaris.
This role plays a critical part in ensuring system reliability, security, and performance, and supports enterprise efforts across system architecture, disaster recovery, and high availability initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain UNIX systems (AIX, RHEL, HP-UX, Solaris).
- Perform system installations, upgrades, and configurations.
- Optimize backup processes, disk space allocation, and system security measures.
- Monitor performance and logs, and ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness.
- Design and implement redundant systems and data archiving policies to safeguard data integrity.
- Participate in feasibility studies, project scoping, and task/timeline estimation.
- Conduct UNIX authentication and security audits, addressing discrepancies and implementing remediation.
- Collaborate with users, technical support, and leadership to resolve service issues.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, policies, and procedures.
- Provide mentorship and knowledge sharing within the technical team.
Required Qualifications
- 7 years of UNIX systems administration experience (RHEL, Solaris, HP-UX).
- 5 years of hands-on troubleshooting, performance tuning, and patching experience.
- 5 years of experience with UNIX server clusters, load balancing, and virtualization.
- Active Secret Clearance and IT-I Critical Sensitive or Tier 5 (T5) eligibility at time of proposal submission.
- Relevant certification such as RHCSA or CompTIA Linux from a nationally recognized authority.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision) for employees.
- Life Insurance coverage.
- Generous Paid Time Off (Flexible PTO, Bereavement Leave, 11 Company-Paid Holidays).
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.
- Professional Development & Training Reimbursement.
- Flexible/Remote Work Schedules (depending on project requirements).
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