Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer

Veteran Firm Seeking a Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer for a Full-time Assignment in Colorado Springs, CO

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.

At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.

We seek to fill a Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer role in Colorado Springs, CO

The ideal candidate is a Colorado Springs resident with 12+ years of overall engineering experience, 7+ years of direct RHEL experience, 4+ years of hands-on OpenShift experience, and an active Secret clearance. Recent experience supporting DHS and RedHat certifications are highly desired.

If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and further discuss your qualifications.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer to support and safeguard Homeland Security missions by leading the deployment, automation, and management of Red Hat OpenShift clusters in secure environments.

Position Description: The Senior RHEL Engineer will architect, deploy, and manage containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift. This role focuses heavily on ensuring high availability and security, transitioning operations to disconnected environments, and developing automation scripts for system provisioning, configuration management, and zero-downtime deployment.

Position 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.

Required Qualifications:

• Active Secret Clearance is required.
• 12+ years of overall IT engineering experience.
• 7+ years of experience working directly with RHEL, demonstrating clear career progression.
• 4+ years of hands-on OpenShift experience.
• Demonstrated focus on system integrations and DevOps methodologies.

Desired Qualifications:

• Recent experience operating under DHS.
• RedHat certifications (e.g., RHCE, RedHat Certified - OpenShift, RHCSA).
• Candidates residing within a commutable distance for rotational on-call schedule

Details:

Job Title: Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer

Location: Colorado Springs, CO (Can be remote or potentially offer relocation assistance)

Clearance Requirement: Active Secret Clearance

Salary Range: $120,000.00 - $125,000.00