Systems Engineer to join a large, mixed contractor and civilian team of System Administrators and Systems Engineers supporting DevOps and live operational systems, largely third-party. All supported systems are Linux physical servers or virtual machines in a backend environment serving Mission and Operations users and their desktops.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:- Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux physical servers and virtual machines supporting DevOps and live operational systems
- Monitor system health and respond to mission-critical updates and hot issues communicated through team channels and email
- Work and resolve tickets in Jira according to team priorities
- Support backend services for Mission and Operations users and desktops, including authentication, DNS, share drives, and home directories
- Perform STE/STN and DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems
- Support Kubernetes, container, and cloud environments
- Automate administration tasks using tools such as Ansible and Salt, along with Bash, Python, and Perl scripting
- Manage virtualization, IP networking, and firewall components supporting the environment
- Coordinate with System Administrators, Systems Engineers, and civilian leadership across the team
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree with at least ten (10) years of experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- Five (5) additional years of Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for the degree.
- Linux administration experience sufficient to meet the years required for the labor category.
- Solid experience with STE/STN and DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes.
- Experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Salt).
- Scripting experience (e.g., Bash, Python, Perl).
- Virtualization experience (e.g., VMware, Red Hat KVM, Proxmox).
- IP networking and firewall experience.
- Some experience with container and cloud environments.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with storage management solutions and arrays (e.g., NetApp, Isilon).
- Hyper-converged infrastructure experience (e.g., Harvester, Nutanix, Cisco HyperFlex).
Security Clearance:- Active Top Secret clearance with a Polygraph
BENEFITS:- Competitive salary
- Company-paid Gold Medical plan for employees and their families, plus Dental/Vision plans - Company paid
- Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance - Company paid
- Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
- Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
- Paid Federal Holidays - 11 days
- $1,000 annual holiday bonus
- Retention bonuses: $5,000 at 5 years, $8,000 at 8 years, and $10,000 at 10 years
- $5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
- 401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
- Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
- Up to 3 paid Code Red days for weather or government closures
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