Overview

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Subject Matter expert for Linux System Architecture, supporting a major DOE National Laboratory. The mission of the enterprise operations services is to provide modern platforms for the Enterprise IT: container orchestration, virtualization, Linux configuration and patch management, infrastructure as code, and Linux and Window server systems. Design and operate technologies and processes to ensure IT systems are reliable, consistent, and secure throughout the lifecycle of the system.

Candidate must reside in the Albuquerque area as work will be performed on site.

Responsibilities

On any given day, as a Subject Matter Expert for Linux System Architecture and related technologies, you may be called on to:

• Provide technical knowledge and analysis of highly specialized applications and operational environment, high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation and implementation advice on moderately complex problems that require an appropriate level of knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementation.
• Apply principles, methods and knowledge of the functional area of capability to specific task order requirements, advanced mathematical principles and methods to exceptionally difficult and narrowly defined technical problems in engineering and other scientific applications to arrive at automated solutions.
• Assist other senior consultants with analysis and evaluation and with the preparation of recommendations for system improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts in the following specialties: information systems architecture, networking; telecommunications, automation; communications protocols, risk management/electronic analysis, software; lifecycle management, software development methodologies, and modeling and simulation.
• Deploy and maintain robust production Linux systems and Linux related technologies in accordance with established IT policies and guidelines for items such as security, networks, and filesystems.

Qualifications

• BS/BA with 3 years job related experience or lieu of degree 9 years of job related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, additional relevant experience may be applicable
• U.S Citizenship is requied per contract to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy Q clearance (not required to start)
• Experience in Unix/Linux Server system administration and web cluster deployments

Desired Skills:

• Experience in Apache, Ngnix, haproxy

• Experience in Ansible for automation of provisioning and configuration of Linux services

• Working knowledge of authentication methodologies such as Kerberos, PAM, LDAP

• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, SS, DNS, FTP, SSH, and other common Internet protocols.

• Familiarity or experience with virtualization platforms (such as KVM, ESX)

• Familiarity or experience with Linux based container platforms (such as OpenShift)

• Knowledge of CLI, scripting (Bash, Python), and searching/parsing log files

• Experience with solving practical problems and system analysis of IT infrastructures.

• Experience in effectively prioritizing and executing tasks in a constantly changing environment.

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and interdisciplinary team environment.

About Us: 

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2023.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.