JUNIOR LINUX CLOUD ENGINEER WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE
teKnoluxion Consulting
Arnold MO 63010 US
Overview Location: Arnold, MO Security Clearance Required: Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration * *This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.** teKnoluxion provides the Defense and Intelligence Communities technical experts in the fields of Software & Systems Engineering, Enterprise Operations, and Cloud Services Management & Consulting. Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space. Are you ready to test your abilities as Junior Linux Cloud Engineer in a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment? Join a dedicated team supporting the UDS contract at NGA. Responsibilities What you get to do every day: * Supports the program's Open Data Store (ODS) team to provide quality cost effective solutions to the client. As part of the ODS Team, various expertise is needed to support a sophisticated enterprise environment both on premise as well as in the cloud.
* Actively participate with Scrum development teams and meetings.
* Additionally, the Engineer will be responsible for working with highly functional development teams to help developing and automating service deployments, optimizing deployments and performance, integration with enterprise authentication services, and establishing/improving system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
* Other responsibilities will include working with the team to define task breakdowns and effort estimates; as well as preparing design and test documents.
* Architect, build and maintain on premise and/or cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives * Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc) * Administer production, staging and development environments * Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents * Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage * Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools * Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation * Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing * Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems * Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance * Maintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations * Work with other service providers to support areas of common interest * On-call support may be required Qualifications Security Clearance Required: Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration * *This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.** Education/Experience: * Requires Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience * 2+ years of experience * 3+ years of related systems programming experience Required Skills: * Experience working within Linux distributions such as RedHat, Ubuntu, CentOS * Strong Understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes * Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools * Experience with cloud orchestration tools (i.e. SALT, Chef, etc) * Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Azure * Experience with Python framework and Shell scripting * Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design * Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills * Strong communication and interpersonal skills * Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised What is ideal? * Intelligence Community Experience preferred What you can expect from us * Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by teKnoluxion through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses * You'll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community * Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more! * Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements. teKnoluxion is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law. teKnoluxion does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to team members. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements. Regardless of vaccination status , personnel are required to wear masks while indoors when the CDC COVID-19 Community Level is High.
* Actively participate with Scrum development teams and meetings.
* Additionally, the Engineer will be responsible for working with highly functional development teams to help developing and automating service deployments, optimizing deployments and performance, integration with enterprise authentication services, and establishing/improving system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
* Other responsibilities will include working with the team to define task breakdowns and effort estimates; as well as preparing design and test documents.
* Architect, build and maintain on premise and/or cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives * Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc) * Administer production, staging and development environments * Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents * Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage * Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools * Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation * Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing * Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems * Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance * Maintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations * Work with other service providers to support areas of common interest * On-call support may be required Qualifications Security Clearance Required: Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration * *This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.** Education/Experience: * Requires Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience * 2+ years of experience * 3+ years of related systems programming experience Required Skills: * Experience working within Linux distributions such as RedHat, Ubuntu, CentOS * Strong Understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes * Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools * Experience with cloud orchestration tools (i.e. SALT, Chef, etc) * Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Azure * Experience with Python framework and Shell scripting * Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design * Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills * Strong communication and interpersonal skills * Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised What is ideal? * Intelligence Community Experience preferred What you can expect from us * Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by teKnoluxion through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses * You'll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community * Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more! * Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements. teKnoluxion is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law. teKnoluxion does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to team members. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements. Regardless of vaccination status , personnel are required to wear masks while indoors when the CDC COVID-19 Community Level is High.