IT System Engineer III
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Job Location:
Anne Arundel County, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
ClearFocusTechnologiesa HUBZone certified company is located inLeesburg specialize in cybersecurity and support multiple government and commercial clientsfora variety our clients integrity and employees and believe a single person can make a difference!
We are committed to attracting and retaining the best and brightest talent who desire to work with industry leading technology to stay on top of their provide an excellent benefit package which includesmedical dental vision paid time off401(k)paid professionaldevelopment reimbursementand more!
Description:
The Linux Automation Engineer is needed to help maintain on premises and cloud Kubernetes environments. This position would help in the administration and configuration of Kubernetes environments to facilitate application hosting. Deploying applications in an automated containerized fashion on Kubernetes help in the scalability reliability and maintenance while reducing cost and improving performance. Integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines will also increase productivity and faster time to deployment. This position would be responsible for the maintenance and integration of the multiple on premises and cloud hosted environments.
Responsibilities:
Design and build components encompassing network security identity governance development and operations in Azure cloud environments.
Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production using automation for repeatability maintainability and to enforce standards
Proven automation-first mindset with a focus on efficiency and scalability.
Schedule:
Core hours are 0930-1430 Monday-Friday to ensure overlap with the team attendance is expected outside of this window as needed to support meetings deployments and team activities.
The system administration team is expected to have on-site coverage 0600-1800 Monday-Friday and schedules will be coordinated with other members of the team to ensure this coverage.
Required Qualifications:
Expertise managing Red Hat (RHEL) systems with Ansible Playbooks
Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) and their integration into CI tools (e.g. Gitlab CI).
Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS Azure) (Primarily Azure).
Knowledge of Kubernetes systems and deployments.
Proficiency in containerization technologies.
Expertise deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters.
Knowledge of cybersecurity principles.
Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols.
Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
Desired:
Experience automating execution of Ansible playbooks through tools such as AWX Ansible Tower Run Deck or GitLab.
Experience deploying and managing observability and monitoring platforms such as Grafana SolarWinds or similar.
Experience deploying and managing SIEMs such as Splunk.
Basic ability to program in languages such as Java Python or C#.
Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools (GitLab CI).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Terraform.
Education/Experience Requirements:
5 years with a Bachelors degree; 3 years with Masters degree; 0 years with PhD. Degree must be in one of the following disciplines: Information Systems Information Technology Software Engineering Computer Science Data Science or Cybersecurity.
In lieu of a Bachelors degree candidate must possess an additional 4 years of relevant experience and one of the following active certifications: Cloud GICSP GSEC Security SSCP CASP CCNP Security CCSP FITSP-O or GFACT.
Clearance Requirement:
Minimum active Secret.
Certification Requirement:
Active IAT Level II certification.
We are committed to attracting and retaining the best and brightest talent who desire to work with industry leading technology to stay on top of their provide an excellent benefit package which includesmedical dental vision paid time off401(k)paid professionaldevelopment reimbursementand more!
Description:
The Linux Automation Engineer is needed to help maintain on premises and cloud Kubernetes environments. This position would help in the administration and configuration of Kubernetes environments to facilitate application hosting. Deploying applications in an automated containerized fashion on Kubernetes help in the scalability reliability and maintenance while reducing cost and improving performance. Integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines will also increase productivity and faster time to deployment. This position would be responsible for the maintenance and integration of the multiple on premises and cloud hosted environments.
Responsibilities:
Design and build components encompassing network security identity governance development and operations in Azure cloud environments.
Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production using automation for repeatability maintainability and to enforce standards
Proven automation-first mindset with a focus on efficiency and scalability.
Schedule:
Core hours are 0930-1430 Monday-Friday to ensure overlap with the team attendance is expected outside of this window as needed to support meetings deployments and team activities.
The system administration team is expected to have on-site coverage 0600-1800 Monday-Friday and schedules will be coordinated with other members of the team to ensure this coverage.
Required Qualifications:
Expertise managing Red Hat (RHEL) systems with Ansible Playbooks
Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) and their integration into CI tools (e.g. Gitlab CI).
Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS Azure) (Primarily Azure).
Knowledge of Kubernetes systems and deployments.
Proficiency in containerization technologies.
Expertise deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters.
Knowledge of cybersecurity principles.
Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols.
Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
Desired:
Experience automating execution of Ansible playbooks through tools such as AWX Ansible Tower Run Deck or GitLab.
Experience deploying and managing observability and monitoring platforms such as Grafana SolarWinds or similar.
Experience deploying and managing SIEMs such as Splunk.
Basic ability to program in languages such as Java Python or C#.
Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools (GitLab CI).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Terraform.
Education/Experience Requirements:
5 years with a Bachelors degree; 3 years with Masters degree; 0 years with PhD. Degree must be in one of the following disciplines: Information Systems Information Technology Software Engineering Computer Science Data Science or Cybersecurity.
In lieu of a Bachelors degree candidate must possess an additional 4 years of relevant experience and one of the following active certifications: Cloud GICSP GSEC Security SSCP CASP CCNP Security CCSP FITSP-O or GFACT.
Clearance Requirement:
Minimum active Secret.
Certification Requirement:
Active IAT Level II certification.
Key Skills
- Active Directory
- VMware
- Computer Networking
- PowerShell
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Windows
- Systems Engineering
- Virtualization
- SAN
- Azure
- Operating Systems
- Dns
