Overview

Are you looking for an opportunity that will put your network engineering expertise to the test? Are you tired of working on the same old issues and projects day in and day out?Our team of experienced network, security, VDI, Linux, and Windows engineers are seeking motivated team members, of all experience levels, to join us in supporting and growing our complex infrastructure. We take our employees’ professional growth seriously. You’ll see your skills improve as you interact daily with a group of passionate engineers and introduce new, fresh ideas to our tailored solutions. You will also have the opportunity to mentor others, as you become the expert within various parts of our system. In this ever-changing industry, we work with you to stay ahead of the competition with the solutions we offer. We also offer a reliable, structured work schedule. Whether you’re working in the office in our Herndon or Virginia Beach, VA offices, or from the of your own home (yep – flexible work is available!). We practice Agile methodologies across the entire organization and encourage your involvement in shaping our current and future solutions. Corporate objectives are discussed and understood across the company, so you’ll always know the business reasons behind your tasking.

Applicants selected must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance; therefore, US Citizenship is required, and TS/SCI candidates are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build custom Linux system configurations
• Configure automation tools to provide repeatable system deployment
• Deploy and support custom software solutions
• Write and peer review automated scripts
• Debug solutions in deployed operating environments
• Leverage automated deployment and provisioning tools
• Solve complex new problems and be the one to automate and document the solution
• Full stack automation, including networks, systems, services, monitoring, backups
• Demonstrate understanding of system engineering processes and information security’s role those in those processes
• Improve system infrastructure and evolve existing solutions
• Learn and attend training on new, unfamiliar technologies

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 6 years of Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)
• 3 years of experience with automation tools such as Puppet, Ansible or similar systems
• Experience deploying on VMWare virtualization solutions (vSphere, vCenter)
• Experience with Cloud providers such as AWS
• Familiar with Linux security and hardening
• Familiar with network routers, switches, firewalls, etc.
• Comfortable writing scripts in bash or python
• Possess or able to obtain a US government security clearance

Education 

• Relevant college degree plus four years of experience, or eight years of relevant experience.

Why you will stay here

We offer a casual work environment, flexible working hours and a freshly renovated office building. We provide the ability to work from home with a company-provided laptop, or work from the office using a flexible work schedule. If you do come in, we will buy you lunch once per week (at least)!

You will have the opportunity to work with a team highly technical individuals who are as passionate about technology as you are. This is a group of people who refuse to put it down until they know why it worked or failed. You will create and support innovative outside of the box implementations of technology.

You will work for a manager whose primary focus is ensuring his team has the tools and resources they need to succeed. You will work within a cross-functional team that values each member, and believes strongly in peer-to-peer, on the job training, day in and day out. We encourage and support our employees taking on new challenges outside of their comfort zone so that they may gain new skills to help them work autonomously within our complex environment.