Linux Systems Engineer
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Summary
Systems Engineer role at ManTech in the Fort Meade, MD area, focused on designing, implementing, and managing enterprise virtualized environments and Linux infrastructure. Responsibilities include full-lifecycle systems administration, IT automation (Kubernetes/Rancher, Ansible/AAP, or AWS provisioning), scalable storage engineering, and technical documentation for senior stakeholders.
MANTECH seeks an experienced and passionate, career and customer-oriented Systems Engineer to join our team located in the Fort Meade, MD area.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Design, implement, and manage enterprise-level virtualized environments and infrastructure.
- Provide full-lifecycle systems administration for hardware and software across development, test, and production environments.
- Deploy and maintain IT automation solutions to streamline operational tasks within secure, isolated network architectures.
- Engineer and optimize scalable storage solutions and complex file system configurations.
- Author and present technical program documentation and briefings for senior-level management and stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 14+ years of relevant Systems Engineering experience; or an Associate's degree with 19+ years’ experience.
- Experience with Linux administration and engineering.
- 3 years of active, hands-on experience using at least one of the following: Kubernetes/Rancher OR Ansible including AAP (Ansible Automation Platform) OR AWS Virtual Environment Provisioning, Management, Orchestration
- Proficiency in Bash scripting and infrastructure automation
- Experience orchestrating enterprise virtualization (VMware vSphere) OR Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced scripting in Python or Perl.
- Proficiency in PKI certificate management and hardware security modules.
- Experience implementing automated security hardening (STIGs/CIS).
- AWS Virtual Environment Provisioning, Management, Orchestration Certification
Clearance Requirement:
- Current/Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position at least 50% of the time.
- Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
- Constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as, the copy machine/fax machine/computer/printer.