Linux Systems Engineer
About The Position
Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives to address customer-driven needs; manage multiple environments as a Linux SME ensuring compliance with security services and applications. Communicate and mitigate operational issues as received; proactively identify root cause analysis (RCA) of baseline issues and establish feedback loops to the development team. Review user metrics, system health, and overall performance; implement proactive measures to support operational availability as the SME. Provide deployment support as a product SME; perform backfill tasking and develop/maintain troubleshooting script and playbook-based automation processes as necessary. Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation including network diagrams and data flow documentation; collaborate with Enterprise Services to ensure security compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
- 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role
- Active Top Secret security clearance
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a CI (Counterintelligence) polygraph
- Current CompTIA Security+ certification required before start date
- Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
- Strong Linux background with familiarity with infrastructure management best practices
- Familiarity with systems engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.)
- Experience working with Agile team collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket
- Proactive self-starter with a positive attitude
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- U.S. citizenship required
Nice To Haves
- Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, etc.)
- Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Experience with Elastic tools (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash)
- Experience with cloud-based architectures
- Familiarity with AWS technical performance versus cost management
- Familiarity with cross-domain architectures at various classification levels
- Experience with automated testing and monitoring
- Familiarity with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management processes
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives
- Manage multiple environments as a Linux SME
- Ensure compliance with security services and applications
- Communicate and mitigate operational issues
- Proactively identify root cause analysis (RCA) of baseline issues
- Establish feedback loops to the development team
- Review user metrics, system health, and overall performance
- Implement proactive measures to support operational availability
- Provide deployment support as a product SME
- Perform backfill tasking
- Develop/maintain troubleshooting script and playbook-based automation processes
- Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation
- Collaborate with Enterprise Services to ensure security compliance
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Disability & Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Professional Training
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
