Linux Engineer

Kinsley Power Systems; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

A leading IT solutions provider in Virginia is seeking a LINUX Engineer to support critical infrastructure for a client in the DMV area. This full-time role requires active secret clearance and offers a sign-on bonus. The ideal candidate has extensive Linux systems administration experience along with proficiency in container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker. Strong coding skills in Python or similar are essential, along with excellent communication abilities. Join us to support and automate mission-critical systems, adhering to rigorous security and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with container orchestration and PaaS technologies.
• Must possess strong Linux administration skills.
• Experience supporting both cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and support large scale infrastructure.
• Automate security and compliance standards.
• Troubleshoot and repair hardware problems.

Skills

Kubernetes skills

Linux systems administration experience

Automate IT governance

Excellent coding or scripting skills

Technical communication skills

Tools

Ansible

Docker

Python

Groovy

OpenShift

AWS

Job description

Sebenza LLC is a woman owned small business operating out of Tysons' Corner VA. We currently have an opening for a LINUX Engineer to support our client in the DMV area.

FULL TIME DIRECT HIRE (SIGN ON BONUS AVAIL)

ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE is REQUIRED

Responsibilities

• Build, automate and support mission critical, highly secure and highly available large scale infrastructure.
• Linux systems administration experience (Ubuntu, RHEL or CentOS or similar).
• In depth understanding of OS, systems security, encryption, and networking stack and interfaces.
• Configuration Automation - automation cookbooks and test suites for Ansible, Chef.
• Excellent coding or scripting skills (Python, Groovy or Bash).
• Cloud technologies: Kubernetes, Docker, and Azure Infrastructure Service s.
• Support compute and data infrastructure both in the cloud and on-premise data centers.
• Automate and enforce IT governance, security, compliance and audit standards.
• CI CD experience with Github, Artifactory and Team City or Jenkins.
• Excellent documentation and verbal communication skills.

Expert Knowledge

• Strong Kubernetes skills including disconnected installation, Kubernetes administration, and troubleshooting issues with the system
• Extensive Experience with OpenShift, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible and other container orchestration/PaaS technologies
• Must have solid bash and Python scripting experience
• Strong Red Hat Linux Administration background with a working knowledge of systems
• Experience with generating and troubleshooting scripts (i.e. bash, python, perl)
• Ability to troubleshoot and repair hardware problems
• Experience with Kickstart creation and modification, Experience with configuring network related hardware
• Must have solid technical communication skills and organizational skills Real time containers and orchestration

Working Knowledge

• Azure
• Windows System Administration
• CEPH storage
• Storage Area Networks
• Openstack cloud administration
• LMA (Nagios, Prometheus, Kibana, Grafana and Elastic search)
• DNS NTP
• Link aggregation
• CNI (Calico) IP Tables
• Python
• Groovy
• Shell scripting
• Ansible
• Networking concepts
• Routing
• Change Management Principles
• Operations Support Principles