Linux Engineer

TEKsystems

7d•$55 - $65•Onsite

About The Position

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in providing Red Hat based solutions for our customers. Candidate should have at least 5-7 years systems engineering experience in Red Hat including systems solution design, installation, integration, and customer interaction. In addition, the selected engineer will maintain systems in production and development, provide systems support including patching, STIGs, troubleshooting, etc. Candidate will be working with a small team of Linux and Windows Systems Engineers supporting our customers’ technical requirements and maintaining or development and operational networks. Candidate should be experienced with virtualization technologies and should be familiar with DoD information assurance requirements. There will be daily interaction with the team, customers and government representatives. Primary Responsibilities List daily duties and/or specific job responsibilities: • Support changes to the customer requirements • Installation and configuration of operating systems (Red Hat) • Configuration of Red Hat assets to meet STIG requirements • Configuration, administration and troubleshooting of Ansible Automation playbooks • Installation and support of COTS software, such as Jira, BIND, ELK and Ansible Automation Platform • Maintain environment with current releases of firmware and operating systems levels • Deploy, configure, maintain and administer new and existing servers, databases, storage and backups • Develop and maintain standard documentation such as work instructions, standard operating procedures and processes • Perform daily system monitoring, server integrity checks, review system and application logs, and verify scheduled job completion (backups, etc.) • Review system security scans and provide recommendations to resolve vulnerabilities • Test and apply OS, security patches and system upgrades as needed

Requirements

Secret Clearance required; TS preferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 engineering/administration experience
BS degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or relevant working experience in lieu of degree
Current, unexpired, CompTIA Security+CE (or equivalent) – will be verified before hiring
Current RHCSA - will be verified before hiring
Ability to effectively troubleshoot and remediate Red Hat Linux system issues
Experience writing, editing and implementing Ansible playbooks
Ability to write, edit, and interpret YAML files
Proficiency in Linux logical volume management (LVM) including volume creation, resizing, and management for efficient storage utilization
Understanding the management and configuration of SELinux and how it can affect application runtime and security
Ability to manage Red Hat Linux system users and system services
Effective communication and writing skills

Nice To Haves

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 engineering and administration experience.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform engineering and administration experience.
DoD IA requirements (STIGs, vulnerability scans, patching, etc.)
BASH scripting experience
Experience with Red Hat Satellite
Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK)
Any experience working with STIGs, ArcSight, ElkStack, any data logging tool, any experience working with a database (SQL, Oracle, etc).
a linux cert is a nice to have but not a hard requirement

Responsibilities

Support changes to the customer requirements
Installation and configuration of operating systems (Red Hat)
Configuration of Red Hat assets to meet STIG requirements
Configuration, administration and troubleshooting of Ansible Automation playbooks
Installation and support of COTS software, such as Jira, BIND, ELK and Ansible Automation Platform
Maintain environment with current releases of firmware and operating systems levels
Deploy, configure, maintain and administer new and existing servers, databases, storage and backups
Develop and maintain standard documentation such as work instructions, standard operating procedures and processes
Perform daily system monitoring, server integrity checks, review system and application logs, and verify scheduled job completion (backups, etc.)
Review system security scans and provide recommendations to resolve vulnerabilities
Test and apply OS, security patches and system upgrades as needed
Support changes to the customer requirements
Installation and configuration of operating systems (Red Hat)
Configuration of Red Hat assets to meet STIG requirements
Configuration, administration and troubleshooting of Ansible Automation playbooks
Installation and support of COTS software, such as Jira, BIND, ELK and Ansible Automation Platform
Maintain environment with current releases of firmware and operating systems levels
Deploy, configure, maintain and administer new and existing servers, databases, storage and backups
Develop and maintain standard documentation such as work instructions, standard operating procedures and processes
Perform daily system monitoring, server integrity checks, review system and application logs, and verify scheduled job completion (backups, etc.)
Review system security scans and provide recommendations to resolve vulnerabilities
Test and apply OS, security patches and system upgrades as needed