* Duties Help ## Duties ### Summary Come work for the USPTO, we have been ranked as one of the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government®! The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been serving the economic interests of America for more than 200 years. We are responsible for granting US intellectual property rights for patents and trademarks. The USPTO is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, and has over 12,000 employees. For more information about the USPTO, please visit the USPTO Careers Website. Learn more about this agency ### Responsibilities The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the principal advisor to the Under Secretary and Director on the application of information technology (IT) to support and improve the Agency’s business processes. The Office of Infrastructure Engineering and Operations (IEO) provides day-to-day operational support for the USPTO automated information systems. The Infrastructure Services Division (ISD) provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for the Servers, Storage, Networks and Facilities within the USPTO. The Server and Storage Services Branch (SSSB) provides technical services for all server and storage devices in all Data Centers. The OS Operations Section (OSOS) provides administration and management for the over 8000 instances of Operating Systems, including HP-UX, ESX, Red Hat Linux, Windows and IBM AIX. This position serves as an IT Specialist and Operating System/System Administrator in the OSOS. The individual selected for this position will be required to perform the following: • Developing and analyzing operating systems, software and/or hardware problems and providing solutions. • Solving a wide range of operational and support problems to meet customer requirements. • Installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining servers and supporting software/utility configurations (hardware and software) to ensure their confidentiality, integrity, and availability. • Managing accounts, firewalls, and patches. Provides access control, passwords, and account creation and administration. • Developing solutions to issues related to Linux server-based operating systems and supporting hardware/software/utilities such as: RHEV Manager, Puppet, Red Hat IDM, Cisco UCS, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Cloudforms and Foreman. • Planning and conducting analyses of projected work, processes and operational practices that affect operating systems in order to implement new capabilities, achieve compliancy or resolve unusual problems. ### Travel Required Not required ##### Supervisory status No ##### Promotion Potential 14 • #### Job family (Series) 2210 Information Technology Management #### Similar jobs • Chief Technology Officers • Directors, Information Technology Systems • Directors, Management Information Systems • Information Systems Managers • Information Technology Specialist (It Specialist) • Information Technology Systems Directors • Requirements Help ## Requirements ### Conditions of Employment • You must be a U.S. Citizen or National. • Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs. • You must meet the definition of specialized experience. • Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check. • Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov) • Suitable for Federal employment. . ### Qualifications You must meet the following United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements for the advertised position. OPM's prescribed Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Information Technology Management series can be found at OPM. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Specialized Experience : is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. Candidates for the GS-14 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Applicants are required to meet all of the specialized experience for this position: Skill Set 1 - Experience performing systems administration (i.e. design, development, performance, integration, installation, monitoring, automation, and troubleshooting) on physical and virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems to include Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. Skill Set 2 - Experience administering and maintaining CISCO UCS blade systems, Red Hat Satellite servers, and Red Hat IDM. Skill Set 3 - Experience serving as a Systems Administrator in an
IT Specialist (OS/SYSADMIN) - DE
Saturday, January 12, 2019
Computer & IT
* Duties Help ## Duties ### Summary Come work for the USPTO, we have been ranked as one of the Best Places to Work in the Federal Government®! The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been serving the economic interests of America for more than 200 years. We are responsible for granting US intellectual property rights for patents and trademarks. The USPTO is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, and has over 12,000 employees. For more information about the USPTO, please visit the USPTO Careers Website. Learn more about this agency ### Responsibilities The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the principal advisor to the Under Secretary and Director on the application of information technology (IT) to support and improve the Agency’s business processes. The Office of Infrastructure Engineering and Operations (IEO) provides day-to-day operational support for the USPTO automated information systems. The Infrastructure Services Division (ISD) provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for the Servers, Storage, Networks and Facilities within the USPTO. The Server and Storage Services Branch (SSSB) provides technical services for all server and storage devices in all Data Centers. The OS Operations Section (OSOS) provides administration and management for the over 8000 instances of Operating Systems, including HP-UX, ESX, Red Hat Linux, Windows and IBM AIX. This position serves as an IT Specialist and Operating System/System Administrator in the OSOS. The individual selected for this position will be required to perform the following: • Developing and analyzing operating systems, software and/or hardware problems and providing solutions. • Solving a wide range of operational and support problems to meet customer requirements. • Installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining servers and supporting software/utility configurations (hardware and software) to ensure their confidentiality, integrity, and availability. • Managing accounts, firewalls, and patches. Provides access control, passwords, and account creation and administration. • Developing solutions to issues related to Linux server-based operating systems and supporting hardware/software/utilities such as: RHEV Manager, Puppet, Red Hat IDM, Cisco UCS, Red Hat Satellite, Red Hat Cloudforms and Foreman. • Planning and conducting analyses of projected work, processes and operational practices that affect operating systems in order to implement new capabilities, achieve compliancy or resolve unusual problems. ### Travel Required Not required ##### Supervisory status No ##### Promotion Potential 14 • #### Job family (Series) 2210 Information Technology Management #### Similar jobs • Chief Technology Officers • Directors, Information Technology Systems • Directors, Management Information Systems • Information Systems Managers • Information Technology Specialist (It Specialist) • Information Technology Systems Directors • Requirements Help ## Requirements ### Conditions of Employment • You must be a U.S. Citizen or National. • Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs. • You must meet the definition of specialized experience. • Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check. • Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov) • Suitable for Federal employment. . ### Qualifications You must meet the following United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements for the advertised position. OPM's prescribed Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Information Technology Management series can be found at OPM. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Specialized Experience : is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. Candidates for the GS-14 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Applicants are required to meet all of the specialized experience for this position: Skill Set 1 - Experience performing systems administration (i.e. design, development, performance, integration, installation, monitoring, automation, and troubleshooting) on physical and virtualized Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems to include Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. Skill Set 2 - Experience administering and maintaining CISCO UCS blade systems, Red Hat Satellite servers, and Red Hat IDM. Skill Set 3 - Experience serving as a Systems Administrator in an