4 days ago
Chantilly, VA, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$112k - $179k/yr
Responsibilities
- Support system lifecycle activities across development, integration and test, deployment, and operations.
- Build and maintain highly available, high-performance networked systems.
- Deploy cloud instances and applications using automation tools.
- Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks for automated deployment, patching, configuration, and sustainment.
- Create systems engineering documentation, including concepts of operation, requirements, specifications, and interface documents.
- Assist with system planning, scaling, design activities, and infrastructure-related trade studies.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, PKI, networking, firewall, operating system, and security-hardening issues.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in engineering, Computer Technology, or a related field plus 7+ years of experience; bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years; or master’s degree plus 3+ years, with four additional years of equivalent experience accepted in lieu of a degree.
- Minimum active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.
- DoD 8140 foundational qualifications for an Intermediate or Advanced System Administrator role.
- Proficiency with Linux and Windows operating systems, including system building, configuration, troubleshooting, and automation.
- Experience installing, configuring, and deploying services using security and authentication practices.
- Experience creating, modifying, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks and using Bash, Ansible, or Python for automation.
- Experience using Git for collaboration, configuration management tracking, and code review.
- Experience with infrastructure documentation, IAM integration, PKI deployment and troubleshooting, RHEL 8.x or similar Linux systems, networking, firewalls, security hardening, vulnerability patching, and SELinux.
- Preferred certification such as Security+, Cloud+, SSCP, or CASP+ meeting DoD 8140 requirements.
- Preferred hands-on Kubernetes experience, including container troubleshooting and deployment or upgrades using YAML, Helm, or GitOps.
- Preferred experience with OpenStack, OpenShift, OpenStack Services on OpenShift, Satellite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MFA, SAML, OIDC, monitoring and logging platforms, and out-of-band management technologies.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, effective cross-functional collaboration, attention to detail, and ability to work independently.
Benefits
- Heavily subsidized employee and dependent benefits coverage.
- 25 days of PTO accrued annually, subject to a PTO cap.
- Eligibility for an attractive bonus plan.
- Medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short- and long-term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
- The application period is estimated at 30 days from posting, subject to business needs and candidate availability.
Tech Stack
AnsibleBashElasticsearchGitGrafanaHelmKibanaKubernetesLinuxMySQLOpenShiftOpenStackPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonSplunkWindows
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About Peraton
Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.