Engineer

Artech Information System LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT staffing company is seeking an Engineer for a 12-month role in Reston, VA. The position requires extensive experience in running applications across distributed environments, performance tuning, and using automation tools. Ideal candidates will have advanced tactical troubleshooting skills and knowledge of networking principles. Additional experience with tools like OpenStack, HAProxy, and scripting languages is preferred. The role emphasizes security and effective application deployment strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience running applications in large scale environments.
• Advanced troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
• Knowledge of the networking OSI model.
• Experience with automation tools for managing large environments.

Responsibilities

• Run distributed applications across multiple sites.
• Assist in troubleshooting and application issue remediation.
• Develop and support automation tools.
• Design application deployment for load, scale, and fault tolerance.

Skills

Distributed applications experience

Application performance tuning

Scripting (Python, shell)

Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet)

Load balancing and GSLB tools

Security-focused solution architecture

Tools

OpenStack

HAProxy

Cassandra

Job description

Artech is the 10th Largest IT Staffing Company in the US, according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2012 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.

Job Description

Job Title: Engineer
Location: Reston VA 20190
Duration: 12 months

Job Description: -

• Experience running distributed applications spanning multiple sites
• Experience running applications for large scale environments
• Knowledge of running applications in shared virtualized environments (cloud)
• Advanced tactical troubleshooting skills and performance tuning of applications and server resources
• Knowledge of networking OSI model and the communications that happen at each tier
• Proven experience of scripting to assist in troubleshooting and application issue remediation (Python, shell)
• Experience developing, supporting, and using automation tools to manage changes to large environments (ansible, puppet)
• Proven experience with load balancing and GSLB tools to distribute applications for performance and failover scenarios
• Security focused approach while architecting solutions.
• Experience designing application deployment for load, scale, and fault tolerance.

Qualifications

Items that are a plus:
Experience with mail systems, imap servers
Use of Object storage with end user applications
Dovecot, Zimbra mail server experience
Openstack at an operator/consumer level
Expertise with HAProxy
Cassandra experience, including performance tuning and application tuning

Additional Information

For more information, Please contact

Artech information Systems LLC

360 Mt. Kemble Avenue, Suite 2000 Morristown, NJ 07960