Systems Engineer 2

Were seeking a Systems Engineer Level 2 (SE2) to support our U.S. Government program(s). The Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for administering maintaining and securing Linux-based enterprise environments supporting mission-critical operational development and test systems. This role focuses on Linux systems administration configuration management virtualization system security automation and operational sustainment while supporting hardware deployments software upgrades troubleshooting testing and customer-facing operations across multiple environments.

Responsibilities:

• Administer maintain and support enterprise Linux-based systems utilizing Rocky Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

• Perform Linux system administration including storage management interface configuration operating system hardening security compliance and patch management.

• Execute regular system vulnerability scanning security patching and compliance activities while maintaining updates within Intelligence Community reporting tools.

• Utilize Ansible and/or Puppet to automate configuration management operating system deployment software installation and ongoing system maintenance.

• Support VMware virtualized environments and assist with virtual machine deployment configuration and lifecycle management.

• Develop maintain and troubleshoot Bash scripts to automate administrative and operational tasks.

• Perform root-cause analysis and troubleshoot complex Linux systems applications and infrastructure issues.

• Manage physical deployment installation and sustainment of hardware supporting operational and field sites.

• Facilitate software deployments and upgrades across Operational Field Test Development and Integration environments.

• Monitor system health availability and performance across multiple environments utilizing enterprise monitoring tools and health checks.

• Schedule coordinate and communicate planned maintenance windows and system outages with internal teams and external customers.

• Maintain and enhance system monitoring services operational dashboards and health check capabilities.

• Assist with system regression testing integration testing performance testing security testing and customer acceptance testing.

• Support defect identification troubleshooting root-cause analysis and documentation of reproducible issues.

• Utilize GitLab for source control configuration management and collaborative development activities.

• Utilize Atlassian Jira to track work activities defects enhancements and project progress.

• Research emerging technologies evaluate new tools and provide recommendations to improve operational efficiency automation and system reliability.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation including system procedures operational guides test procedures status updates and engineering documentation.

• Work effectively both independently and within a collaborative engineering team while providing outstanding customer support and technical communication.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Science Engineering Management or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) additional years of Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for the degree.

• Fourteen (14) years of experience as a Systems Engineer supporting programs and contracts of similar scope type and complexity.

• Strong experience administering Rocky Linux and/or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.

• Experience with Linux storage administration interface management system hardening and operating system patching.

• Experience utilizing Ansible and/or Puppet for configuration management system deployment and automation.

• Experience supporting VMware virtualization environments.

• Experience developing and maintaining Bash scripts.

• Familiarity with GitLab and Atlassian Jira.

• Experience troubleshooting enterprise Linux systems and performing root-cause analysis.

Desired Experience:

• Familiarity with Cisco networking equipment.

• Familiarity with NetApp NAS storage environments.

• Experience writing and maintaining test cases test procedures test plans and test reports.

• Familiarity developing Splunk dashboards and supporting Splunk workflows.

Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Required Experience:

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