Linux Engineer Jobs

Requirements

• Candidate should have at least 5-7 years systems engineering experience in Red Hat including systems solution design, installation, integration, and customer interaction
• Candidate should be experienced with virtualization technologies and should be familiar with DoD information assurance requirements
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 engineering/administration experience
• BS degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or relevant working experience in lieu of degree
• Current, unexpired, CompTIA Security+CE (or equivalent) – will be verified before hiring
• Current RHCSA - will be verified before hiring
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot and remediate Red Hat Linux system issues
• Experience writing, editing and implementing Ansible playbooks
• Ability to write, edit, and interpret YAML files
• Proficiency in Linux logical volume management (LVM) including volume creation, resizing, and management for efficient storage utilization
• Understanding the management and configuration of SELinux and how it can affect application runtime and security
• Ability to manage Red Hat Linux system users and system services
• Effective communication and writing skills
• Candidate should have at least 5-7 years systems engineering experience in Red Hat including systems solution design, installation, integration, and customer interaction
• Candidate should be experienced with virtualization technologies and should be familiar with DoD information assurance requirements
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 engineering/administration experience
• BS degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or relevant working experience in lieu of degree
• Current, unexpired, CompTIA Security+CE (or equivalent) – will be verified before hiring
• Current RHCSA - will be verified before hiring
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot and remediate Red Hat Linux system issues
• Experience writing, editing and implementing Ansible playbooks
• Ability to write, edit, and interpret YAML files
• Proficiency in Linux logical volume management (LVM) including volume creation, resizing, and management for efficient storage utilization
• Understanding the management and configuration of SELinux and how it can affect application runtime and security
• Ability to manage Red Hat Linux system users and system services
• Effective communication and writing skills

Responsibilities

• In addition, the selected engineer will maintain systems in production and development, provide systems support including patching, STIGs, troubleshooting, etc
• Candidate will be working with a small team of Linux and Windows Systems Engineers supporting our customers’ technical requirements and maintaining or development and operational networks
• There will be daily interaction with the team, customers and government representatives
• Support changes to the customer requirements
• Installation and configuration of operating systems (Red Hat)
• Configuration of Red Hat assets to meet STIG requirements
• Configuration, administration and troubleshooting of Ansible Automation playbooks
• Installation and support of COTS software, such as Jira, BIND, ELK and Ansible Automation Platform
• Maintain environment with current releases of firmware and operating systems levels
• Deploy, configure, maintain and administer new and existing servers, databases, storage and backups
• Develop and maintain standard documentation such as work instructions, standard operating procedures and processes
• Perform daily system monitoring, server integrity checks, review system and application logs, and verify scheduled job completion (backups, etc.)
• Review system security scans and provide recommendations to resolve vulnerabilities
• Test and apply OS, security patches and system upgrades as needed
• The successful candidate will have a proven track record in providing Red Hat based solutions for our customers
• In addition, the selected engineer will maintain systems in production and development, provide systems support including patching, STIGs, troubleshooting, etc
• Candidate will be working with a small team of Linux and Windows Systems Engineers supporting our customers’ technical requirements and maintaining or development and operational networks
• There will be daily interaction with the team, customers and government representatives
• Support changes to the customer requirements
• Installation and configuration of operating systems (Red Hat)
• Configuration of Red Hat assets to meet STIG requirements
• Configuration, administration and troubleshooting of Ansible Automation playbooks
• Installation and support of COTS software, such as Jira, BIND, ELK and Ansible Automation Platform
• Maintain environment with current releases of firmware and operating systems levels
• Deploy, configure, maintain and administer new and existing servers, databases, storage and backups
• Develop and maintain standard documentation such as work instructions, standard operating procedures and processes
• Perform daily system monitoring, server integrity checks, review system and application logs, and verify scheduled job completion (backups, etc.)
• Review system security scans and provide recommendations to resolve vulnerabilities
• Test and apply OS, security patches and system upgrades as needed

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