We are looking for a dynamic individual to support NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Earth Science Mission responsible for large amounts of data.

JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Identify and meet customer requirements and ensure completeness and compatibility of the technical infrastructure to support system performance and availability.
• Maintain security and overall integrity of the systems per NASA guidelines.
• Review new technologies against business requirements to identify opportunities for improving: process, performance, reliability, data management, storage, backup.
• Analyze, log, track and resolve software/hardware matters of significance pertaining to networking connectivity issues, servers, and applications to meet business needs.
• Perform troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose system problems; document system events to ensure continuous functioning.

Requirements:

• Advanced Linux System Administration (RHEL 4/RHEL 5/CentOS 4/CentOS 5/Mandriva) including configuration management and system security.
• Proficiency in system and network configuration and troubleshooting.
• Experience planning for and performing backups and restores for large amounts of data (10TB/day of new data, keep at least 32-day “rolling” data volumes).
• Familiar with mass storage solutions, fiber channel SANs, efficient file systems (XFS, etc).
• Experience in database installation, upgrades and maintenance (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Experience in scripting languages (e.g. shell scripting (Bash preferred), Perl) and Satellite/Spacewalk Server.
• Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g. VMware, Xen, kickstart) and TCP/IP networking is a plus.
• NASA experience or previous federal government support experience and knowledge of the FISMA Certification & Accreditation (C&A) processes and requirements is a plus.
• US Citizenship

How to Apply:

Please email your resume to: JOBS (at) SESDA2.COM for immediate consideration. Please note in the subject line of your email the position number (e.g. ES002) you are applying for.

You may also call Angie Martz at 301-352-4606.

All positions require either a green card or US citizenship.