Sr. Infrastructure Systems Administration Engineer

Ashley Ellis, Inc • Richardson, TX, US • 5m ago

Job Title: Sr. Infrastructure Systems Administration Engineer
Work Location: Richardson, TX
Duration: Long-term contract with option to hire
Education/Experience Required: BA/BS degree and 5 years' experience; Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) with emphasis in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology.

Job Description:

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Systems Administration Engineer who would be a key contributor to supporting our government Customer's program platform environment operation and design; This role would be supporting in a Linux Based environment and would include hands on experience in COTS implementation, Systems Administration, Network systems configuration, Systems Security implementation, and configuration of private cloud environments using tools such as VMware or Amazon Web Services accordingly.

We are seeking a Senior Infrastructure Systems Administration Engineer to work in our Richardson, TX location.

Responsibilities:

You will support the hardware infrastructure; including systems Administration, networks, and system security posture overall; consisting of several complex on premises compute environments that form the backbone for the operational deployment of a critical, strategic national asset; communicate any risks or issues involving system performance, availability, or security.
You will be process oriented such that they work with the team on fixes while ensuring that any changes follow the project's change management processes.
You will support system configuration and deployment.
You will assist the system networking.
You will support with COTS product installations.
You will need hands on experience with Linux and/or Windows system administration.
You will work with the systems security team.
You need the ability to obtain Comp TIA Security + Certification within 90 days.

Skills & Qualifications:

BA/BS degree and 5 years' experience; Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) with emphasis in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Technology.
An active and transferable TS/SCI with CI Poly U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Experience with agile development methodologies.
Experience in the daily system operations and maintenance and use of administration tools.
Experience in network designs and security postures.
Experience in SAN / NAS structures.
Experience with Implementing DISA STIGs.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with applications and administration of networks, storage, and virtualization (VMware).
Experience scripting in Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby or others.
Experience with command Line.
Experienced in Java, Jenkins.
Experience system live operations.
Experience in DevOps/DevSecOps system development.
Experience in implementing private cloud environments.
Experience with automation tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack.
Experience with Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher).