4179 Senior Systems Engineer

OVERVIEW:

We are seeking for a Senior Linux Systems Engineer for a 10 year contract providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. All the personnel on the team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment and disposal of user facing and data center information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission.

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

GENERAL DUTIES:

• Performs installation, securing, monitoring, testing, configuration, migration, maintenance and troubleshooting of OpenShift Cluster.
• Architects OpenShift as needed to meet application requirements (compute, storage, networking, and operations).
• Performs OpenShift cluster upgrades and security patches as needed.
• Develops computer systems specifications that fit with the government's system architecture standards. Establishes and documents system parameters and formats, ensures hardware and software systems compatibility and coordinates and/or modifies system parameters in terms of existing and projected computer capacity and capabilities.
• Revises existing systems and procedures to correct deficiencies and maintain more effective data handling, conversion, input/output requirements, and storage.
• Responsible for installation and maintenance of storage, networking, and server hardware.
• Ensures availability of development systems to end users through continuous system monitoring and issue remediation.
• Applies required security updates and implementations mandated by DoD cyber security regulations.
• Oversees the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of related experience.
• 5+ years experience deploying OpenShift in an on-premise environment.
• 5+ years or more experience with RHEL - Linux administration experience.
• Preference to administrators experienced with RHEL certification.
• Security+ certification or DoD 8570 Level II equivalent within 90 days of hire.
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administration.
• Experience with container orchestration and administration.
• Experience with Kubernetes networking & troubleshooting (DNS, load balancers, service IPs, node ports, etc.).
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD Platform.
• Experience with DevSecOps implementations on OpenShift.
• Preference to administrators experienced in Netapp storage management.
• Preference to administrators experienced with Cisco switch and networking management.
• Preference to administrators experienced with ESXI VM management.
• RHEL, Windows, and/or Storage administration.
• Experience working with trouble reporting and tracking systems such as Service+.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

CLEARANCE:

• Top Secret minimum