Linux System Engineer

E&M Technologies, Inc.•Chantilly, VA

3d•$130,000 - $145,000

About The Position

E&M Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Linux System Engineer to join its team in Chantilly, Virginia, supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The role designs, develops, and supports cloud initiatives for customer needs; addresses operational issues; and helps maintain system availability, performance, and security compliance across several environments. The engineer serves as a Linux and product subject-matter expert, supports deployments, and uses troubleshooting scripts and playbook-based automation as needed. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and hold, and be able to maintain, a U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret/SCI clearance. They must also be willing and able to obtain a polygraph within the customer’s timeline after hire. The position is full-time, based in Chantilly, VA, and has no travel requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, plus 4–6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or in a similar technical role.
At least two years of experience with Amazon Web Services, including S3 Buckets, EC2, and Reserved Instances.
Familiarity with creating systems engineering documentation such as network diagrams and data flows.
Experience with Agile team collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket.
Strong Linux background and familiarity with infrastructure management best practices.
Proactive, self-starting attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must have and be able to maintain a U.S. Department of Defense Top Secret/SCI security clearance upon hire, and be willing and able to obtain a polygraph within the customer’s timeline after hire.
Applicants are subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Nice To Haves

Oracle COTS product experience, such as Oracle Access Manager or Oracle Unified Directory.
Experience with Kubernetes.
Experience with Elastic tools such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash.
Experience with AWS and other cloud vendors.
Experience managing AWS technical performance versus cost.
Experience with cloud-based architectures.
Familiarity with cross-domain architectures at various levels.
Experience with automated testing and monitoring.
Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives in response to customer needs.
Communicate about and mitigate operational issues, proactively identify root causes of baseline issues, and establish a feedback loop with development.
Review user metrics, system health, and overall performance as a subject-matter expert, and implement proactive measures to support operational availability.
Provide deployment support as a product subject-matter expert, including backfill tasking and troubleshooting through script- or playbook-based automation as necessary.
Manage and support several environments as a Linux subject-matter expert, working with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.