Linux Systems Engineer - CI/CD & Automation Expert

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 118,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Linux Systems Engineer to administer and optimize enterprise Linux environments and lead CI/CD automation efforts. You will build end-to-end pipelines, patch and secure production systems, and collaborate with security teams on interface design and performance requirements.

You will implement scripting solutions, work with Jenkins, Ansible Core, and GitLab CI/CD, and support OCI-based deployments while documenting procedures for

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience implementing, administering, and troubleshooting Linux in an enterprise environment including Linux patching with DNF and YUM.
• Strong experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible Core, GitLab CI/CD, FlexDeploy, or similar technologies.
• Strong experience with Ansible and Jenkins.
• Strong knowledge of DNS/Networking and networking debugging with packet capture.
• Strong scripting knowledge in python, bash, zsh, ksh, csh.
• Strong configuration management knowledge and experience.
• Experience working with REST APIs.
• Experience working in secure environments.
• Experience in an OCI environment on virtual images.
• Strong verbal, written, organizational, and process documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize enterprise Linux environments.
• Perform Linux system logging, auditing, patching, and performance tuning across production and non-production systems.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions – including providing scripting – for Linux administration and other applications related processes utilizing Jenkins, and Asible Core.
• Troubleshoot and manually find and resolve Linux issues.
• Build and set up new development tools and infrastructure utilizing CI/CD, cloud technologies, container orchestration and security.
• Modify existing software and scripts to correct errors, adapt to new infrastructure requirements, and improve performance.
• Analyze user needs and technical requirements to determine feasibility within time and cost constraints.
• Collaborate with developers, engineers, security teams, and other stakeholders to design systems and define interfaces, capabilities, and performance requirements.
• Build and test end-to-end CI/CD pipelines to ensure systems are safe against security threads.
• Provide accurate and realistic work effort estimates, commit and deliver results accordingly.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge transfer materials.

Skills

Linux administration

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins (Groovy)

Ansible Core (yaml)

GitLab CI/CD

FlexDeploy

DNS/Networking

Scripting (Python)

Shell scripting (bash/zsh/ksh/csh)

REST APIs

OCI/Cloud environments

Container orchestration

Security hardening

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible Core

GitLab CI/CD

FlexDeploy

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Linux Systems Engineer to administer and optimize enterprise Linux environments and lead CI/CD automation efforts. You will build end-to-end pipelines, patch and secure production systems, and collaborate with security teams on interface design and performance requirements.

You will implement scripting solutions, work with Jenkins, Ansible Core, and GitLab CI/CD, and support OCI-based deployments while documenting procedures for