DevOps Systems Engineer

PSG Global Solutions; Merrifield (VA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Virginia seeks a Systems Administrator to join their DevOps team. This role involves implementing and managing big data solutions and virtualized infrastructure, including AWS and OpenShift services. Candidates must have demonstrable experience in Linux Administration, AWS management, and hold an active Top Secret security clearance. Join a team focused on automating infrastructure in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable expertise in Linux Administration (CentOS or Red Hat).
• Experience deploying, configuring, and monitoring cloud environments.
• Experience with an active Top Secret (SSBI) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Implement and administer big data solutions.
• Work with development and security teams to automate necessary infrastructure.
• Participate in a team setting using agile methodologies.

Skills

Linux Administration (CentOS or Red Hat)

AWS management

OpenShift or OpenStack administration

Security Certifications

IaaS and PaaS automation

System Health Monitoring

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Chef

Salt

Nagios

Kafka

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Accumulo

ElasticSearch

Job description

As a systems administrator and integrator working on a DevOps team, you will be responsible for implementation and administration of big data solutions, virtualized (and cloud) infrastructure (including AWS and OpenShift services), and network and system security controls. Your team will work closely with the development and security teams to build and automate the necessary infrastructure and procedures to support entire service lifecycle, from design through development, to production and maintenance. You will support and scale the systems, participate in a team setting using agile methodologies, and work independently on assigned tasks.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Demonstrable expertise in Linux Administration (CentOS or Red Hat)
• Experience deploying, configuring, and monitoring of physical, virtual, and hybrid cloud environments
• Experience administering Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments, security groups, VPCs, ingress/egress rules, etc.
• Experience administering OpenShift or OpenStack platform services, gears, nodes, etc.
• An active Top Secret (SSBI) clearance with SCI eligibility is required to apply
• Security Certification: One of GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security
• Experience with IaaS and PaaS automation through Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or Salt
• Experience with administration Accumulo, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL
• Experience with Storm and Kafka
• Experience with System Health Monitoring (Nagios, Sensu, etc.)
• Experience with Linux-based Virtual Machine Managers (VMMs) (KVM, QEMU, etc.) or Hypervisors (VMware, Xen, etc.)