Linux Systems Engineer: CI/CD & Automation Expert

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Santa Fe (NM); 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, implement CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with security teams in a government-secure setting.

You will develop automation with Jenkins and Ansible Core, patch and tune systems, and document procedures while supporting OCI-based cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience administering Linux in an enterprise environment.
• Strong experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible Core, GitLab CI/CD, FlexDeploy, or similar.
• 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 OCI environments on virtual images.
• Strong documentation and communication 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

Ansible Core

GitLab CI/CD

Python scripting

DNS networking

Networking debugging

REST APIs

OCI cloud environments

Security/compliance

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible Core

GitLab CI/CD

FlexDeploy

DNF/YUM

Job description

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company, seeks a Linux systems engineer to administer and optimize enterprise Linux environments, implement CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with security teams in a government-secure setting.

You will develop automation with Jenkins and Ansible Core, patch and tune systems, and document procedures while supporting OCI-based cloud infrastructure and container orchestration.