RHEL Engineer

A2 Federal; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A2 Federal in Augusta, GA is seeking a systems engineer to build, secure, and sustain a Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment for the Scalable GEOINT Architecture. You will create secure RHEL installations meeting STIG/IAVM requirements, automate configuration management, and develop secure cross-domain processes for data transfers.

Responsibilities include implementing Puppet, Salt, and Ansible for enterprise configuration management; securing disks, PKI authentication, encryption standards, and

Qualifications

• Experience building secure RHEL installations per STIG/IAVM guidance.
• Experience with automated configuration management (Puppet, Salt, Ansible).
• Familiarity with cross-domain transfer processes and PKI-based authentication.

Responsibilities

• Create and evolve secure RHEL installations per guides and accreditation authorities.
• Implement and maintain automated enterprise configuration management.
• Assess and document secure cross-domain transfers and encryption standards.
• Provision, install, configure, and manage storage for servers and data shares.
• Monitor systems and resolve issues within two hours of occurrence.
• Analyze requirements to automate or improve existing systems.
• Incorporate security throughout all work with checklists, audits, and change management.

Skills

RHEL

Puppet

Ansible

Salt

IAVM/STIG

PKI

Automation

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Salt

Job description

Builds, secures, and sustains the Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment for the Scalable GEOINT Architecture. Creates secure RHEL installations to STIG/IAVM requirements, automates configuration management, and develops the secure optical disk writing processes for cross domain transfers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create and evolve secure RHEL installations as required by published guides and accreditation authorities (IAVM, STIG); identify conflicting guidance and develop POA&Ms.
• Implement and maintain automated enterprise configuration management (e.g., Puppet, Salt, Ansible); improve the efficiency of installing and configuring databases, web servers, and custom applications.
• Assess, improve, design, and document secure optical disk writing for cross domain transfers, using multiple encryption standards, fully secured RHEL automation, antivirus checking, diagnostics, auditing, and PKI certificate-based authentication.
• Provision, install, configure, and manage logical and block storage for servers and data shares; implement distributed file sharing.
• Monitor systems to identify and resolve issues within two hours of occurrence; maintain and troubleshoot systems and implement accepted fixes.
• Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems.
• Incorporate security throughout all work: develop certification test procedures, evaluate and implement security configurations through security checklists and vulnerability scanning, and ensure audit integration and change management.