New Jersey Transit

4421 Linux Engineer

New Jersey Transit • $100K — $130K *
Chantilly, VA 20152In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field plus 4-6 years of relevant experience
  • Proactive self-starter with strong communication skills
  • Two or more years experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Familiarity with creating Systems Engineering documentation
  • Experience with Agile tools like Jira and Confluence
  • Strong Linux background and best practices in infrastructure management

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives based on customer needs
  • Communicate operational issues and identify root causes
  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on system performance and health
  • Provide deployment support and troubleshoot scripts/automation processes
  • Manage multiple environments as a Linux SME for compliance and support

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on a mission-critical enterprise identity and access management system
  • Engagement in cloud initiatives and cutting-edge technologies
  • Collaborative work environment with Agile practices
  • Significant autonomy in role as a proactive self-starter
  • Exposure to Oracle products and advanced AWS services
Full Job Description
4421 Linux Engineer
4421 | Top Secret

Job Description:

OVERVIEW:

We are seeking an experienced Linux Systems Engineer to provide support to a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations on the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements.

GENERAL DUTIES:

  • Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives to support customer driven needs
  • Communicate and mitigate operational issues as received. Work to proactively identify RCA of baseline issues and establish a feedback loop to development.
  • Work as a SME to review user metrics, system health, overall performance checkouts and implements proactive measures to support operational availability
  • Responsible for deployment support as a product SME. Provide backfill tasking and troubleshooting script/playbook based automation processes as necessary.
  • Manage several environments as a Linux SME providing overall support to the program and working with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role.
  • Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
  • Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.)
  • Experience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)
  • Strong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management


DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, etc.)
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience with Elastic tools (ElasticSearch, Kibana, Logstash)
  • Experience with AWS and other cloud vendors.
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services technical performance versus cost management
  • Experience with cloud-based architectures
  • Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels
  • Experience with automated testing and monitoring
  • Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management


CLEARANCE:

  • Active Top Secret clearance minimum required


Job Details

City : Chantilly

State : VA

About New Jersey Transit

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the US state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state, connecting to major commercial and employment centers both within the state and in the adjacent major cities of New York and Philadelphia. NJ Transit also provides bus service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. NJ Transit is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.
Learn more about New Jersey Transit
Size
11,900 employees
Industry
Transportation
Net Income
-$100 million
Founded
1979
5 Year Trend
-2%
Revenue
$2.4 billion
NASDAQ
* Ladders Estimates

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