Linux Engineer with Security Clearance

Fuse Engineering; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuse Engineering is seeking an IT Engineer to join a team delivering secure IT environments for next‑gen collaboration capabilities. You will implement and test systems, enforce security protocols, and work with IC and government users to gather data center requirements and install plans.

The role requires active TS/SCI with poly, Security+ certification, and 8+ years of IT engineering experience, with degrees or substitutions as noted. Strong Linux (RHEL/CentOS) experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with appropriate Poly.
• Security+ certification required.
• Eight years’ IT Engineer experience in similar scope.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, CS, IS, Engineering or related discipline.
• Master’s degree may substitute for two years of experience.
• Four years of additional IT Engineer exp may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with RHEL and CENTOS OS and related configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Manage installation, maintenance and support of technical infrastructures, hardware and system software components.

Responsibilities

• Implement custom IT environments and resolve technical issues for a next-gen collaboration capability.
• Develop and enforce security protocols for multi-party capabilities.
• Collect requirements for data centers from IC and government stakeholders; conduct site surveys.
• Build, configure and test systems and hardware prior to shipment and implementation.
• Create and update installation, configuration, user guides and technical reports.
• Monitor, sustain and contribute to process improvements in Production.
• Support Linux-based COTS applications in mission capabilities.

Skills

TS/SCI

Security+

Linux

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in System Engineering or CS/IS/Engineering

Master's degree substituted for experience

Four years additional IT engineer experience substitution for degree

Tools

RHEL

CentOS

Job description

As an IT Engineer you will work with a team of IT professionals implementing custom environments and resolving technical issues in support of a next generation collaboration capability. This capability is a high visibility requirement with the Customer, integrating the latest IT commercial off the shelf (COTS) hardware and software.

Additionally, you will be at the forefront;

• Developing and enforcing security protocols for secure, multi-party capabilities for users across various domain classification.
• Work with various users to collect requirements for data centers. These users are across the Intelligence Community (IC) to include mission analysts and data owners, various Government off-the-shelf (GOTS) and COTS developers, and consumers and owners of the mission data. Conduct and analyze site surveys and prepare site preparation requirements and installation plans.
• Build, configure and test each system and hardware suite prior to shipment and implementation.
• Create and update documentation to include post installation documentation packages, installations guides, configuration guides, user guides test plans and procedures, technical reports and presentation materials.
• As capabilities are implemented in our Production environment, you will contribute to the extended phases of monitoring, sustainment, and contribute to process improvement.
• As a Linux specialist you will focus on mission capabilities and Linux based COTS applications Requirements
• Active TS/SCI with appropriate Poly Clearance
• Must have a Security + certification.
• Eight (8) years’ experience as an IT Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related discipline may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, reducing the requirement to six (6) years of IT Engineering experience.
• Four (4) years of additional IT Engineer experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree, making the total experience requirement twelve (12) years as an IT Engineer without a degree
• Demonstrated experience with RHEL and CENTOS Operating systems with the ability to configure, monitor and troubleshoot.
• Manage installation, maintenance and support of technical infrastructures, hardware and system software components.