Cardinal Technology Systems Corp. is a government IT solutions provider servicing commercial and government initiative in various parts of the United States. We are currently seeking a Technical Engagement Network (TEN) Lab Manager to work for our company.

• Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC). (Basic Federal Clearance requirements are U.S. Citizenship, clear criminal history check, no recent or pending bankruptcies)
• Serve as a lead Linux Systems Administrator overseeing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments across development, lab, and production systems.
• Perform large scale configuration management and deployment across Windows, MacOS, Linux/Unix, and other operating systems and virtual environments to support the TEN infrastructure.
• Supporting the implementation of new technologies and equipment in the lab environment.
• Providing ongoing systems administration, technical support, upgrades, patching and troubleshooting services
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and workflows to automate application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for large-scale provisioning, configuration management, and compliance enforcement.
• Administer and maintain Splunk Enterprise/Splunk Cloud for system monitoring, security analytics, and operational intelligence
• Implement and monitor security controls, including STIG compliance, access management, and audit configurations for Linux and Splunk systems.
• Develop dashboards and alerts in Splunk for proactive system health, performance, and security event monitoring.
• Performing implementation of granular access control, and monitor systems for acceptable performance and user accessibility, establish back-ups, and monitor systems security.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex storage problems across the enterprise related to storage and replication strategies across local and wide area networks, monitor channels for storage-related network and system issues and remediate them as they occur.
• Examine and identify efficiencies that can be made to existing procedures, with approval from the customer.
• Managing assigned project components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives.
• Advises and provides insight on development of lab standard operating procedures (SOPs) and policies.
• Employ security concepts, theories, insights, tools and methodologies to mitigate system weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
• Please note that this is a pipeline position, meaning we are proactively identifying qualified candidates for anticipated future opportunities, and there may not be an immediate opening at the time of application.

• Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC). (Basic Federal Clearance requirements are U.S. Citizenship, clear criminal history check, no recent or pending bankruptcies)
• U.S. Citizenship
• Required Education: BS Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering or related degree or HS Diploma and 7+ years lab management or systems administration experience.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance, TS/SCI clearance is preferred.
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability.
• 5+ years of directly relevant experience as a Linux System Administrator.
• 3+ years of experience with Splunk Enterprise administration and log ingestion.
• 3+ years of experience with Ansible automation (Ansible Core or Ansible Tower/AAP)
• Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations.

• Desired Certifications: DoD 8140.01 IAT Level II
• Experience with writing technical procedures and standard operating procedures.
• Virtualization automation and optimization.
• Experience with multiple operating systems to include Linux/Unix, Windows, MacOS.

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
• Paid Life
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave
• Semi-monthly pay cycle

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp (“CTech-Sys”), www.ctech-sys.com, is an SBA Certified 8(a) and HUBZone company located in the National Capital Region (NCR) and serves both government and commercial clients such clients as US CBP, US CIS, DLA, DFuse Technologies, and American Environmental Engineering Consultants.

Cardinal Technology Systems, Corp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and it’s our policy to consider applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, alienage, ancestry, or any other factors prohibited by law. Employment selections are based on company and client requirements and the qualifications and skills of the candidate. CTech-Sys is committed to actively capitalizing on the diversity of skills, talents and perspectives of our employees.