Position Title: Junior Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Requisition ID: TA197
Location: Chantilly, VA
Application Deadline: We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis
Job Description
Trusted Space is seeking a Junior Cloud Infrastructure Systems Engineer with a bachelor's degree or higher and 2+ years of experience to join our team.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with DoW customers and stakeholders throughout system lifecycle in development, integration & test, deployment, and operations of a highly sophisticated ground system architecture.
- Help build mission-critical, highly available, high-performance networked systems in a team-oriented environment. Build and deploy cloud instances and applications utilizing automation tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
- Develop deployment and maintenance Ansible playbooks for the purpose of automating rapid installation and system patching within multiple large-scale environments.
- Develop systems engineering-related documentation to include operational concept, requirements, specifications, interface control documents, and validation & verification plans.
- Conduct system planning and design for expansion of these resources to meet program needs.
- Support ground system related trade studies.
Qualifications
- An active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain or maintain a poly.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of experience in a systems engineering related field.
- Experience working with Linux-based and Windows-based operating systems and understanding of the operating systems' concepts and functionality.
- Experience creating, modifying, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks for system configuration and system sustainment activities (e.g. patching).
- Experience with host/application integration into an Identity and Access Management (IDAM) system such as Active Directory, FreeIPA, or other similar systems.
- Experience in building systems up from bare metal, performing software package installation and update, operating system configuration, and application troubleshooting.
- Familiarity in leveraging automation tools to perform security hardening.
- Demonstrated experience in creating virtual machine templates.
Desired Skills
- You have experience in designing, developing, and integrating a complete satellite ground system to include infrastructure, processing frameworks, and software components.
- You have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with management, the customer and tenants across DoW.
- You are detail/process oriented, can multi-task, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Experience with multiple Red Hat tools, to include Red Hat OpenStack (RHOSP), Red Hat OpenShift (RHOCP), Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO), and Red Hat Satellite highly preferred.
- Experience deploying, configuring, managing databases such as deploying/operating PostgreSQL/MySQL (backups, HA patterns)
- Experience leveraging system monitoring tools, to include log aggregation (Splunk), infrastructure telemetry (Sensu), and visualization (Grafana, Kibana)
- You can express yourself confidently, concisely, and accurately through written and oral communications.
Salary Range: The salary range for this role is $100,000-$135,000. Please note that this range is a general guideline and can vary. Trusted Space, LLC considers several factors when extending an offer including, but not limited to: scope, location, position responsibilities, education/training, key skills and business considerations .
Benefits: Trusted Space seeks to create an environment where Employees are empowered and supported to achieve their full potential. We encourage life-long learning within our Agile & Innovative work environment. We offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans; life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; 401(k) plan; paid holidays and generous paid time off; short-term and long-term disability insurance; and other benefits to promote health, wellness, and a positive work-life balance.
This is a full time position
