Vexterra Group is currently searching for a Senior Systems Integrator Engineer to provide the following systems support in Reston VA or Bethesda, MD office:
You will work closely with other infrastructure and network engineers, system engineers
and O&M team members on the following key tasks:
DUTIES
Perform Linux builds, installs, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of
both Linux and Windows platforms to include but not limited to base configuration,
security and system patching, performance monitoring, etc.
Provide O/S hardening (STIG, OpenSCAP, ACAS) and system patching
Develop server builds for virtual and physical environments
Manage, maintain, configure, and deploy system integration tools such as
Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm
Support management and integration of DevOps tools such as Jenkins
Deploy, operate, diagnose, and maintain containerized (Docker) microservices
across orchestrated (Kubernetes) environments
Maintain and orchestrate services and procedures for a big data pipeline which
includes kafka, Elasticsearch, and several in house written python/java running on
Kubernetes
Develop scripts to monitor and check health of the deployed pipeline
Maintain and develop DevOps automation using tools (e.g., Saltstack, Ansible, Chef,
Puppet)
Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure to include physical
and virtualized environments
Set up administrator and service accounts, maintain system documentation, tune
system performance, install system wide software, validate and implement critical
system patches, and allocate mass storage space
Improve existing infrastructure to incorporate latest technology best practices and
cross application integrations
Participate as needed in all phases of software development with emphasis on the
planning, analysis, integration, and documentation phases
Manage the code transfer and modification
Conduct automated unit and system integration tests to identify and provide
feedback on failed modules and components
Participate in code design reviews and updates
Support CM activities
Administer system to system data transfer and integration process
REQUIREMENTS
A Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, or a closely related discipline or 4
years of additional relevant professional experience
At least 6 years of relevant professional experience
Must have an active TS/SCI with Counterintelligence Poly
Experience in system integrations testing through a full system development life
cycle, including implementing test plans, test cases and test processes
Experience with security requirements derivation
Experience documenting test results for corrective actions, reporting and audits
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work in a team and also a self-starter who can work on their own
Expertise in configuration, administration, and troubleshooting of Linux
(RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu) to include kernel panic recovery; Configuring SSSD, AIDE,
SELinux, auditd; and O/S hardening - STIG, OpenSCAP, ACAS.
Highly proficient with Patching: yum repositories, APT repositories
Highly proficient with Server builds: virtual and physical
Experience with installing and deploying DevOps tools, examples could include
Chef, Puppet, Git, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, Salt, etc.
Knowledge of Atlassian software such as JIRA, JIRA Service Desk, Confluence,
Bitbucket, HipChat, etc.
DoD 8570 IAT II Certification (e.g. Security +)
PREFERRED SKILLS
Kubernetes, Ansible, Puppet, Salt, Linux, Git, Python, Elasticsearch, Logstash, IPA,
AWS, OpenStack, Java, Kafka, Hadoop, etc.
Experience establishing large computer clusters
Experience in continuous configuration automation (CCA) methods for providing a
flexible, programmatic platform for deploying and managing the configuration of
infrastructure and application resources.
Experience in applying both agent-based and agentless (e.g. SSH) methods to
event-driven orchestration and remote execution for configuration management
Experience in applying automated configuration management and deployment tools
(e.g. Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and Salt) for configuration automation, cloud control, and
event-driven orchestration.
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