Linux / Platform Engineer 101821

Linux/Platform Engineer 
Location: Richardson, TX. 
Required Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with CI Poly 

Since 1999, ITEC has been a powerhouse in supporting mission-critical programs for the DoD and Intelligence community, building a solid reputation along the way. At ITEC, we don’t just care for our employees—we champion them with competitive salaries, an outstanding employee care program, and a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, and a 401k.

U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation. 

Job Description:

ITEC is seeking a Platform Engineer II/Linux with experience in Linux Infrastructure Engineering to join an agile product team. The Ideal candidate will have general experience in both traditional infrastructure provisioning of platform resources for existing on-premise infrastructure hardware that ideally also has basic experience in emerging DevOps/DevSecOps & Modernized technologies. The Platform Engineer II would be engaged in the daily implementation of the system updates and upgrades with Focus on the Linux Server / Linux OS. 

The Platform Engineer II/Linux would be involved with implementation of traditional computing/network/storage systems and related software updates, as well as maintaining operating systems and existing server hardware designs, and supporting the design and development of new modernized system designs as needed. 

Note This position is based in Richardson TX. and work will be performed at the onsite Facility requiring occasional travel to the customer site for upgrade and implementation activities as necessary. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Leverage company and industry with the best practices and capabilities to develop and communicate implementation, of infrastructure solutions.
• Maintain existing systems through Linux Based Tools and manage the COTS stack on the system to support program needs.
• Assist with integration of the selected platform provisioning tool such as VMWare.
• Ensure that the COTS stack and versioning and will work with the team to make updates as necessary.
• Travel to customer sites to assist with system updates and deliveries when necessary. 

Required Skills:

• Typically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and 3 years of related work experience.
• Experience with Agile Development Methodologies (E.g. scrum, SAFe).
• Experience with VMware.
• Experience with programming languages (E.g. Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go). 

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Linux LDAP for creating Linux based accounts and managing roles and permissions.
• Experience with basic Linux Bash scripting for task automation and management of existing scripts.
• Experience with modernization technologies such as Terraform/Ansible, Artifactory, xray, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Sonarqube etc. 

ITEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of ManpowerGroup Public Sector.