• Expertise with installing, configuring, operating, and patching Linux servers/managing Linux applications.
• Advanced knowledge of one or more of the following configuration management tools: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and SaltStack.
• Linux administration experience in a medium to large enterprise.
• Experience with shell scripting including ssh, scp, rsync, and sudo
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Singularity, Podman, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, Fargate)
• Advanced knowledge of clustering services, load balancing and replication services
• Hands on experience with automation efforts using more than one language including Python and experience with atleast one of the frameworks such as Flask, Django and FastAPI
• Two or more years’ experience deploying applications to AWS, Azure or GCP.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Experience supporting DHS Agencies.
• Ability to demonstrate and explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences?
• Able to clearly communicate with both customers and teammates and provide recommendations for improvements to existing software applications?
• Understanding of New Relic, Nagios or similar monitoring.

Years of Experience:

10-years’ experience administering large complex Linux applications.

Must have an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux Certified Engineer certification or other comparable certification or experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related combination of education and experience technical field is required.

Location: This position can be staffed at the Government’s facility within the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area or any locations in the United States with requirement for occasional travel to the government facility in the DC Area.

Clearance: Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a Government Agency clearance.

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