Senior Consultant, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL)

Precision Solutions • Raleigh, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Senior Consultant: MPO - TakeFive. This role requires an active Top Secret SCI Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph held by the MPO customer, and a CI Polygraph within the last five years. The Senior Consultant will implement automated, containerized solutions, with a focus on Red Hat OpenShift. Other areas of focus include networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, and high availability and system resilience. The role involves continuous learning and adaptation to new skills and technologies. Travel is required weekly, Monday-Friday, to a client site in Jessup, Maryland.

Requirements

• Associates or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline
• Experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 or later
• Experience utilizing Red Hat Satellite to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
• Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation
• Experience leading successful modern cloud platform enterprise-level projects
• Deep Linux (RHEL) and automated hardware provisioning (BIOS/UEFI, RAID, BMC/Redfish, Kickstart/Cobbler).
• Kubernetes/OpenShift: Cluster architecture, lifecycle management (IPI/UPI, Kubeadm), bare-metal deployment patterns (Metal3, Ironic), Day-2 operations, Operators, and GitOps.
• Storage: Distributed/local storage, RAID/NVMe, performance tuning, and data management/DR (Velero, OADP, Ceph/ODF).
• Automation & IaC: Strong proficiency in Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Helm). Scripting (Bash, Python, Go).
• Security & Compliance: Linux/Kubernetes hardening (RBAC, SCC, network policies, TLS/PKI), and compliance standards (NIST, CIS).
• Observability: Logging/monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and advanced platform/network troubleshooting (etcd, kernel, tcpdump).
• Knowledge of common AddOns or third party tools. (Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, Backup software, Performance tools)
• Deep expertise in Git
• Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum, and DevOps teams
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• IAT Level II Certification (Security+, SSCP, CCNA Security, etc)

Responsibilities

• Implement automated, containerized solutions, with a focus on Red Hat OpenShift.
• Focus on networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, and high availability and system resilience.
• Continuously learn, grow, and adapt to new skills and technologies.
• Travel weekly, Monday-Friday, to a client site in Jessup, Maryland.
• Lead design workshops, create clear documentation, and provide knowledge transfer for Day-0/1/2 planning.
• Work in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree