Full-Time Linux Systems Cloud Engineer Lead/SME

This candidate will be part of a team working with Government Stakeholders responsible for the dedicated Splunk Engineer design, planning, management, support, and oversight of the A1 Enclave CloudOne Infrastructure. The A1 Enclave team will configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware, and software systems to proactively identify and resolve operational, tooling and process inefficiencies.

On-Call after hours support may be required for critical systems. The candidate will collaborate with the customer to determine root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Must have a strong understanding of Red Hat Linux (RHEL) administration to provide principal level leadership to the team
• Provide direct Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Linux systems engineering, administration and maintenance support to the infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment
• Collaborate using Amazon We Services (AWS) for use of AWS native services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage (S3) and Amazon Simple DB/RDS databases, AWS Identity and Access Management IAM
• Discover and resolve issues with Linux servers in virtual environment
• Design new capabilities and enhancements (to include Cloud Migration and Analytics design and development)
• Create, Maintain and Delete service accounts and troubleshoot and maintain system documentation, interacts with users and evaluates vendor products, deep understanding of monitoring AWS instances and services
• Experience working with administrator and service accounts and troubleshoot Creates/updates and Maintains system documentation, interacts with users, and evaluates vendor products.
• Assist in the delivery ATO's documentation for IL2/4 environments, work with IA team to define, document and implement Security Controls
• Provide VDC weekly status reports to Contractor Program manager and government representatives
• Coordinate the resolution of action items for Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents
• Report findings to management with recommendations for resolution.
• Provision and maintain Linux servers in production and development environments
• Collaborate with other engineers and software developers to ensure smooth rollouts and support

Qualifications

Required Clearance/Certification:

• ship required.
• Active Secret clearance required to start.
• Must have Security + or higher certification (DoD 8140 (8570) series IAT Level II Certification).

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's and nine (9) years of experience. Masters and seven (7) years' experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have the ability to mentor and lead others in a Red Hat Linux environment.
• Must have a strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration understanding to include:
  • Advanced system management
  • Security
  • Troubleshooting
  • Scripting
• Proficiency in key technologies like KVM virtualization.
• Knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) various versions.
• Expertise in system administration tasks to include system configuration and user, file system, and package management.
• Advanced networking skills; VPNs, routing and firewalls.
• Experience with Ansible automation technology.
• Experience planning, building, integrating and maintaining RHEL/Linux systems.
• Working knowledge of programming/scripting languages, Ruby & YAML preferred.
• Experience supporting USAF software development projects.
• In-depth understanding of, and experience with, deployments of various systems to Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Linux DBA experience.
• General troubleshooting of Linux, reading error logs.
• Application server management.
• VMware based Backup/Restores.
• REST API experience.
• Experience with OS, Patch, audit, and upgrades.
• Experience with Server migration, troubleshooting, permission set management, backup restore, and user authentication.
• Experience with implementing application containerization infrastructure.

Desired Qualifications/Certifications:

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
• AWS Associate Certifications.
• SAFe DevOps certification is desirable.
• Experience supporting software migration efforts.
• Experience in an MSP or other IT company highly desirable.
• Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC).
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), RHCSA or LFCS Certification.
• Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification.