Job Description
Position Title: Senior Linux Systems Engineer
Clearance: Clearable US Citizen
Location: Reston, VA
You will be responsible for planning, deploying, and maintaining a wide variety of Linux-based services. Ideal candidates will have a experience with the technologies, management, and configuration of all aspects of a delivered service. This frequently entails experience with a wide variety of networking, Linux, virtualization, and application configurations.
You’ll be a great fit if you meet the following…
- 6+ years managing Linux servers running Debian, RHEL, and Ubuntu
- Experience configuring and maintaining common open-source tools and software such as Apache, NGINX, Postgres, MariaDB, IPA/IDM, KeyCloak, LDAP, IPTables, pfSense, Wireguard, IPSec, and OpenVPN
- Experience working directly with virtualization platforms such as VMWare, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Experience creating and configuring automation tools, such as Ansible, AWX, and Foreman
- Understanding and applying networking protocols and concepts such as BGP, CIDR, DHCP, DNS, OSPF, Routing, Switching, and VLANs
- Mentoring junior team members on system documentation, security hardening, and diagnosing and troubleshooting system and network issues
- Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively with other teams
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in Linux administration, automation, virtualization, containerization, and cloud hosting
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively
It would be even better if you have experience…
- Building and configuring software-based phone systems such as Asterisk or Freeswitch
- Building and configuring monitoring systems like Prometheus, Nagios, or Zabbix.
- Building and configuring ELK
- Experience configuring Cisco, Juniper, and similar networking devices
- Experience configuring and managing Quagga/FRR
- Designing and implementing wide-area networks
- Designing and implementing VMWare and related systems
- Familiarity with core mobile networking terms and technologies
