Linux Automation Administrator

Peraton•Linthicum, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Linux Automation Engineer to join their team. The role involves maintaining on-premises and cloud Kubernetes environments, administering and configuring these environments for application hosting, and deploying applications in an automated, containerized fashion on Kubernetes. The goal is to enhance scalability, reliability, and maintenance while reducing costs and improving performance. Integration with CI/CD pipelines is also a key aspect to boost productivity and deployment speed. This position is responsible for the maintenance and integration of multiple on-premises and cloud-hosted environments. The engineer will design and build components for network, security, identity, governance, development, and operations in Azure cloud environments, and operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept to production using automation for repeatability, maintainability, and standards enforcement. A proven "automation-first" mindset focused on efficiency and scalability is essential.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience, or Master's degree and 3+ years of experience, or 0 years with PhD in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or Cybersecurity. In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant experience or specialized training may be considered.
Active IAT Level II CompTIA Security+ certification.
Minimum Active Secret clearance.
Expertise managing Red Hat (RHEL) systems with Ansible Playbooks.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and their integration into CI tools (e.g., Gitlab CI).
Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) (Primarily Azure).
Knowledge of Kubernetes systems and deployments.
Proficiency in containerization technologies.
Expertise deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters.
Knowledge of cybersecurity principles.
Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols.
Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

Nice To Haves

Experience automating execution of Ansible playbooks through tools such as AWX, Ansible Tower, Run Deck, or GitLab.
Experience deploying and managing observability and monitoring platforms such as Grafana, SolarWinds, or similar.
Experience deploying and managing SIEMs such as Splunk.
Basic ability to program in languages such as Java, Python, or C#.
Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools (GitLab CI).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Terraform.

Responsibilities

Maintain on premises and cloud Kubernetes environments.
Administer and configure Kubernetes environments to facilitate application hosting.
Deploy applications in an automated containerized fashion on Kubernetes.
Improve scalability, reliability, and maintenance while reducing cost and improving performance.
Integrate with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
Maintain and integrate multiple on premises and cloud hosted environments.
Design and build components encompassing network, security, identity, governance, development and operations in Azure cloud environments.
Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production using automation for repeatability, maintainability, and to enforce standards.