Linux Systems Engineer

Leidos • St. Louis, MO

19h

About The Position

The Leidos National Solutions Division has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Linux System Administrator to work on cloud-based systems with a mission operations team. The team is involved in operations and sustainment of multiple operational cloud deployed geospatial solutions. A successful candidate will have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of cloud-based systems. Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities will involve taking a leadership role in system changes and improvements; working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot and responding to security reports; proactively monitor all operational systems and perform some of the more complex health checks; Deploy security patches and bug fixes to test and operational environments; update critical databases with new data; author and update operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOPs.

Requirements

• TS/SCI Clearance w/ Poly (or ability to pass Poly upon hire)
• DOD 8570 Certification (Security+ or equivalent or higher)
• Typically requires BS and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2 – 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies
• Advanced Linux administration experience with RHEL 8 or higher
• Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices
• Proactive self-starter demonstrates a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work. Follow tasks to their logical conclusion and make sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.
• Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ArcGIS/ESRI automation and deployments
• IAC (CloudFormation, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Anisible)
• Automation (Lambda, Ansible, Chef, Jenkins, Git)
• Low-level Engineering (Git, Jira, Agile tools/methods)
• Containers (Docker, ECS, EKS, Fargate, AKS)
• PowerShell and Bash
• Understanding of RDS and SQL Technology
• AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Certification(s)
• Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies
• Team Collaboration tools and administration (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)

Responsibilities

• Taking a leadership role in system changes and improvements
• Working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot and responding to security reports
• Proactively monitor all operational systems and perform some of the more complex health checks
• Deploy security patches and bug fixes to test and operational environments
• Update critical databases with new data
• Author and update operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOPs

Benefits

• Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision.
• That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.
• Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.
• More details are available here.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level