Our client in Culpeper, VA is looking for a Systems Administrator with advanced expertise in multiple flavors of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as well as DevOps knowledge and advanced use of Automation/Orchestration tools. This is a high-visibility role where the right candidate would organize and lead a cross SDG team in Ops to create playbooks as well as define and setup the process for managing Ops developed playbooks. They need someone who can use the Agile approach to effectively lead and collaborate cross-functionally with different teams on implementation projects. Title: Systems AdministratorLocation: Culpeper, VAAssignment: 2yrs plus (right to hire)Note: C2C/H1B friendly (NO OPT/EAD candidates)Scope of Work: 1) Organize and lead a cross SDG team in Ops to create playbooks a. Gather ideas - standardize the description and info for each use case b. Prioritize ideas based on efficiency gains c. Get Ops mgmt. approval for implementation d. Lead cross functional team to implement (use an Agile approach)2) Define and setup the process for managing Ops developed playbooks3) Generalize the ops playbooks for other environments and feedback/handover to the Platform Solutions team (where appropriate)4) Help provide standards (naming and organization conventions, etc) for the platform environment and feed those back to upstream environments.Skills:System Admin using multiple versions of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Virtualization infrastructure (VMware vSphere 6.x)Advanced experience with Ansible Satellite/Ansible or any other Automation/Orchestration toolDevOps knowledgeProgramming knowledge (Scripting, Python)