Senior Linux Systems Cloud Engineer Job Listing at SAIC in REMOTE WORK, AL (Job ID 2411983)

Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a highly motivated Senior Linux Systems Cloud Engineer to join our CloudOne team on the Government A1 Enclave by CloudOne project.  The Air Force A1 Enclave by Cloud One Program is an existing global, interconnected, virtualized hybrid, and IT infrastructure that hosts mission systems, applications, services, and data in support of DoD Services and Agencies. 

This candidate will be part of a team working with Government Stakeholders responsible for the dedicated Splunk Engineer design, planning, management, support, and oversight of the A1 Enclave CloudOne Infrastructure. The A1 Enclave team will configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems to proactively identify and resolve operational, tooling and process inefficiencies.

The candidate will collaborate with the customer to determine root cause analysis and corrective actions. This position is 100% remote. On-call after hours support may be required for critical systems. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide direct Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Linux systems engineering, administration and maintenance support to the infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment.
• Collaborate using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for use of AWS native services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage (S3) and Amazon Simple DB/RDS databases, AWS Identity and Access Management IAM.
• Discover and resolve issues with Linux servers in virtual environment.
• Design new capabilities and enhancements (to include Cloud Migration and Analytics design and development).
• Create, maintain and delete service accounts and troubleshoot and maintain system documentation.
• Interact with users and evaluate vendor products.
• Assist in the delivery ATO's documentation for IL2/4 environments and work with IA team to define, document and implement security controls.
• Provide VDC weekly status reports to Contractor Program manager and government representatives.
• Coordinate the resolution of action items for Configuration Control Board (CCB) meetings, design reviews, program reviews, and test reviews that require cross-discipline coordination.
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Documents.
• Report findings to management with recommendations for resolution.
• Provision and maintain Linux servers in production and development environments.
• Collaborate with other engineers and software developers to ensure smooth rollouts and support.

Qualifications

Required Clearance and Certification:

• Active Interim Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain a Secret clearance required to maintain employment.
• US Citizenship required
• Security + or higher certification 

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors and five (5) years of experience; Masters and three (3)years experience
• Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience planning, building, integrating and maintaining RHEL/Linux systems
• Experience with Ansible automation technology
• Experience supporting USAF software development projects
• Experience working with administrator and service accounts
• In-depth understanding of, and experience with, deployments of various systems to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Linux DBA experience
• General troubleshooting of Linux and reading error logs
• Application server management experience
• Experience with VMware based backup and restores
• REST API experience
• Experience with OS, Patch, audit, and upgrades
• Experience with Server migration, troubleshooting, permission set management, backup restore, and user authentication
• Experience with implementing application containerization infrastructure

Desired Qualifications and Certifications:

• Working knowledge of programming/scripting languages, Ruby & YAML preferred
• AWS Associate Certifications
• SAFe DevOps certification is desirable
• Experience supporting software migration efforts
• MCSE or MCTS, Azure certifications (AZ 100, AZ 500, and/or other AZ series exams, 346/7 are bonus), Azure Assessments
• Experience in an MSP or other IT company highly desirable
• Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC)
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), RHCSA or LFCS Certification
• Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certification

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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