Maximus

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer

Maximus$120K — $125K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active Secret Clearance is required.
  • US Citizenship is mandatory; no dual citizenship candidates will be considered.
  • 12+ years of experience, with 7+ years specifically in RHEL environments.
  • Demonstrated expertise in system integrations and DevOps processes.
  • 4+ years of practical experience with OpenShift.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deploy containerized applications with Red Hat OpenShift for optimal scalability.
  • Implement monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana for application health tracking.
  • Transition OpenShift operations from connected to partially disconnected environments.
  • Automate the provisioning and scaling of clusters to minimize errors and speed deployments.
  • Manage multi-cluster OpenShift environments, ensuring high uptime.
  • Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions to enhance team skills in Kubernetes management.
  • Develop disaster recovery plans and backup strategies for critical systems.

Benefits

  • On-site position requiring 5 days a week attendance.
  • Opportunity for continuous learning and knowledge-sharing within the team.
  • Engagement with high-availability and security-focused projects.
  • Work with advanced monitoring tools and cloud environments.
Full Job Description
Description & Requirements

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior RHEL Engineer to join our team. As a Senior RHEL Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the deployment and management of Red Hat OpenShift clusters, ensuring high availability and security. This role involves developing and maintaining automation scripts for system provisioning, configuration management, and deployment.

This position is on-site, five days a week and requires an active Secret clearance.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS136, T4, Band 7

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Architect and deploy containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
- Implement and optimize monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Grafana) for real-time tracking of application health.
- Transition OpenShift cluster operations from connected to partially disconnected environments, ensuring seamless deployment of critical security updates.
- Automate cluster provisioning and scaling to reduce deployment time and minimize human error.
- Manage and optimize multi-cluster OpenShift environments across production and development clusters, ensuring 99.99% uptime.
- Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions and update documentation to improve team expertise in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager and Kubernetes management.
- Integrate Red Hat Satellite for efficient patch management and system updates across multiple environments.
- Develop and implement disaster recovery plans and backup strategies for critical systems.
- Configure and manage network services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NFS) within RHEL environments.
- Perform kernel tuning and system optimization to enhance performance and reliability.
- Implement and manage security policies using SELinux and firewall configurations.
- Conduct root cause analysis for system failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Implement and manage cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.
- Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage to ensure cost efficiency and performance.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing of applications in cloud environments.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- An active Secret Clearance is required.

- Due to federal requirements, only US Citizens can be considered. Candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered.

- 12+ years of experience with 7+ years working directly with RHEL. Candidate should show clear career progression in RHEL engineering.

- Demonstrated focus on system integrations and DevOps

- 4+ years should include hands on OpenShift experience.

- Participation in a rotational on-call schedule is required, so candidates must reside within a commutable distance.

- Additional tasks to be assigned as needed.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- Recent experience under DHS

- RedHat certifications - RHCE, RedHat Certified - OpenShift, RHCSA, etc

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Minimum Requirements

TCS136, T4, Band 7

Minimum Salary

$

120,000.00

Maximum Salary

$

125,000.00

About Maximus

MAXIMUS, Inc. is an American, outsourcing company that provides business process services to government health and human services agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. MAXIMUS focuses on administering government-sponsored programs, such as Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), health care reform, welfare-to-work, Medicare, child support enforcement, and other government programs. The company is based in Reston, Virginia, has 13,000 employees and a reported annual revenue of $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2020.
Learn more about Maximus
Size
35,800 employees
Market Cap
$4.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$219.8 million
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+13.6%
Revenue
$3.5 billion
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