5 days ago
Chantilly, VA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$104k - $166k/yr
Responsibilities
- Support the development, integration and testing, deployment, and operations of complex ground system architectures.
- Build and deploy cloud instances and applications using automation tools in highly available, high-performance networked environments.
- Create, modify, and maintain Ansible playbooks for system installation, configuration, patching, and sustainment.
- Develop operational concepts, requirements, specifications, interface control documents, and validation and verification plans.
- Plan and design infrastructure expansion and support ground system trade studies.
- Troubleshoot operating system, application, networking, firewall, PKI, authentication, and security-hardening issues.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Technology, or a related field with 5+ years of experience, or a master’s degree with 3+ years of experience; four additional years of equivalent experience may substitute for a degree.
- Meet DoD 8140 foundational requirements for a System Developer work role at intermediate proficiency or above.
- High proficiency with Linux and Windows operating systems, including building, configuring, troubleshooting, and automating systems.
- Experience installing, configuring, and deploying services, including security, certificate, and authentication settings.
- Experience creating and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks and using Ansible, Bash, or Python for automation.
- Experience using Git for collaboration, configuration management tracking, and code review facilitation.
- Experience with Active Directory, FreeIPA, or similar identity and access management systems, including PKI deployment and troubleshooting.
- Experience with RHEL 8.x or later or a similar Linux operating system, including bare-metal builds, package management, configuration, and application troubleshooting.
- Experience troubleshooting issues involving PKI, networking, firewalls, and other infrastructure layers.
- Experience using automation for security hardening, vulnerability patching, configuration changes, and SELinux troubleshooting.
- Preferred experience with Kubernetes, YAML manifests, Helm, GitOps CD, Red Hat OpenStack, Red Hat OpenShift, RHOSO, Red Hat Satellite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MFA technologies, ADFS, Keycloak, Okta, SAML, OIDC, Splunk, Elasticsearch, Sensu, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, iDRAC, iLO, and IPMI.
- Strong written and oral communication, collaboration, multitasking, attention to detail, and ability to work with minimal supervision.
Benefits
- Heavily subsidized medical and other employee benefits coverage for employees and dependents.
- 25 days of PTO accrued annually, subject to a generous cap.
- Eligibility for an attractive bonus plan.
- Additional benefits include dental, vision, life insurance, health savings account, short- and long-term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid holidays, and other paid time off.
- On-site role in the Chantilly, Virginia office supporting a national security program.
Tech Stack
AnsibleBashElasticsearchGitGrafanaHelmKibanaKubernetesLinuxMySQLOpenShiftPostgreSQLPrometheusPythonSplunkWindows
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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.