Senior Linux Systems Engineer — Cloud & Automation

Peraton

United States

On-site

USD 104,000 - 166,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer for our national intelligence program in Northern Virginia. The role covers engineering, application development, deployment, operations, upgrades and sustainment to support global missions.

The ideal candidate has Linux expertise, systems integration in a Linux virtualization stack, and a TS/SCI clearance with poly. Travel to NCR may be required; cloud, CI/CD, and microservices experience are highly valued.

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a Poly.
Minimum of 8 years relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree (Master's degree and 6 years of relevant experience or PhD with 3 years relevant experience).
4 years experience may be used in lieu of a Degree.
Vendor Certified Administrator or Linux Professional Institute LPC-1
Proven work experience as a Linux Engineer.
Experience with Linux servers in virtualized environments.
Familiarity with the fundamentals of Linux scripting languages.
Familiarity with load balancing and firewalls.
Knowledge of servers and switches.
Strong grasp on configuration tools, network tools, service tools, and virtualization technologies.

Responsibilities

Engage with customers, project managers, and cross-functional development teams to gather and define requirements, ensuring alignment with mission objectives.
Design, develop, and optimize applications and systems integration for Linux operating systems, including processing-intensive analytics, manipulation of large data sets, real-time systems, and business management platforms.
Streamline and secure applications, storage, and physical servers.
Provide detailed input into system design, including hardware/software trade-offs and software reuse strategies, optimizing system-level and individual component functionality.
Develop and execute test cases to ensure the functionality and performance of the system integration.
Install, troubleshoot, configure and resolve issues with Linux operating systems performance.
Create and optimize applications for Linus operating systems.
Analyze business requirements to determine technology needs and stay cognizant of new technology, trends and innovations to continually improve system performance.
Apply advanced software engineering methodologies to develop, integrate, and support enterprise-level operational environments.
Develop, implement and maintain processes, procedures, test cases, test results, issue resolutions, and performance analysis, and user guidelines/ instructions documentation.
Create and modify scripts to automate tasks in the Linus environment.
Travel may be required within the National Capital Region (NCR) on an as needed basis for customer or corporate requirements.