Linux System Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required and Security+)

***This job requires an active TS/SCI clearance.  Please apply only if you have an active TS/SCI clearance***

North Point Technology is seeking an experienced TS/SCI Cleared Linux Systems Engineer to provide support to a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations on the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements. 

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives to support customer driven needs
• Communicate and mitigate operational issues as received. Work to proactively identify RCA of baseline issues and establish a feedback loop to development.
• Work as a SME to review user metrics, system health, overall performance checkouts and implements proactive measures to support operational availability
• Responsible for deployment support as a product SME. Provide backfill tasking and troubleshooting script/playbook based automation processes as necessary.
• Manage several environments as a Linux SME providing overall support to the program and working with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.

Required Skills:

• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
• Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.)
• Experience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools  such as (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)
• Strong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management

Preferred Skills:

• Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, etc.)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with Elastic tools (ElasticSearch, Kibana, Logstash)
• Experience with AWS and other cloud vendors.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services technical performance versus cost management
• Experience with cloud-based architectures
• Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels
• Experience with automated testing and monitoring
• Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management

Qualifications:

• Active Top-Secret SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role.
• 4-5 years of experience working in an Agile software development environment as a technical contributor

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions!  We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first!  We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members. 

Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!