Jr. Systems Engineer (Linux) - Federal Program

SUMMARY:

Tucker-Reeves Associates is seeking up to Jr. Systems Engineer (Linux) to help support a Federal Program within the US Department of Veterans Affairs. We are partnered with Booz Allen on this position. This position is fully remote and will pay a salary of 75K. THIS POSITION REQUIRES A PUBLIC TRUST BACKGROUND CHECK. NO CLEARANCES REQUIRED.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a System Admin. on our team, you’ll use your experience to streamline our software development life cycle from requirements to monitoring in production.
• You’ll lead efforts to incorporate open-source tools, automation, and cloud resources to cut down on tedious, boring tasks and free up the teams to do what they do best – innovate.
• You’ll implement continuous integration and delivery to limit manual testing and troubleshooting.
• This is an opportunity to broaden your skillset into areas like automation, cloud-based development, and open-source tools.
• As a technical leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to build solutions to help your customers meet their toughest challenges.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Equivalent and 5 total years of experience; or 13 total years of experience in lieu of a degree
• 3+ years of experience with supporting Linux systems administration efforts in system design and evaluation, solution engineering, software development, or system administration
• 2+ years of experience as an administrator for one of the following container platforms: Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and/or EKS
• 2+ years of experience with advanced scripting languages, including how to write infrastructure as code and the development of custom scripts to automate capabilities including the use of Ansible, Python, Bash, and Terraform
• Experience with a complex build system
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies or the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Experience with developing back-end software applications
• Experience with leveraging Cloud service providers, including AWS and Azure, to create automated DevSecOps pipelines
• Experience with configuring an Opensearch cluster and managing index lifecycle
• Knowledge of security scanning tools, configuring their use and working with teams to fix vulnerabilities
• Knowledge of Java
• THIS POSITION REQUIRES A PUBLIC TRUST BACKGROUND CHECK. NO CLEARANCES REQUIRED.