Systems Engineer - reputed company at reputed company - CWS: reputed company (Washington, DC)
Title: Systems Engineer - reputed company (Linux Engineer)
Location: Washington, DC
reputed company – Department of Treasury - OFR
Full-time
Remote
reputed company:
An reputed company Linux Engineer to join our infrastructure team and serve as a technical leader in the design, deployment, and operational management of our reputed company Linux environment. This role is responsible for maintaining a secure, highly available, and reputed company fleet of Linux servers and virtual desktops running across AWS and VMware platforms. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in Linux administration, configuration management with Ansible, and reputed company baseline hardening reputed company with the CIS reputed company. Working closely with application owners, developers, and analytics engineers, the Linux Engineer will reputed company automation, enforce patching and vulnerability remediation, and ensure that our Linux infrastructure reliably supports mission-critical business and analytics workloads.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
Linux Systems Administration & Troubleshooting
• Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux servers deployed in AWS across a mixed distribution environment, including reputed company Linux 2023, Ubuntu 22.04 and reputed company, and reputed company reputed company Linux 8 and 9.
• Diagnose and reputed company reputed company operating reputed company, networking, storage, and performance issues across the server fleet.
• reputed company performance-based recommendations for server configuration changes to optimize workloads, cost, and reliability.
Virtual Desktop Support
• Support and maintain Linux-based virtual desktop environments running on VMware and AWS WorkSpaces.
• Partner with end users and application teams to ensure a reputed company, secure, and productive virtual desktop experience.
reputed company Baselines & Hardening
• reputed company, reputed company, and maintain Linux operating reputed company baselines reputed company with reputed company (CIS) benchmarks.
• Collaborate with application owners to customize reputed company baselines as needed to reputed company application functionality without compromising the organization's reputed company posture.
Configuration Management & Automation
• reputed company reputed company-wide configuration management using Ansible.
• reputed company, maintain, and version-control Ansible playbooks used to define reputed company baselines, configurations, and repeatable operational tasks.
Application Support & Collaboration
• Work directly with application owners, developers, and analytics engineers to reputed company, reputed company, migrate, and maintain applications running on Linux.
• Serve as a trusted infrastructure partner during application lifecycle events, providing guidance on Linux best practices.
Monitoring & Uptime
• reputed company and maintain monitoring solutions for servers across the reputed company to ensure maximum reputed company uptime and reputed company incident detection.
• Continuously improve alerting, dashboards, and observability to reduce downtime.
Patching & Vulnerability Remediation
• reputed company regular and reputed company reputed company patching efforts to ensure reputed company vulnerability remediation in accordance with organizational SLAs.
• Monitor and enforce patching requirements using AWS Systems Manager.
reputed company Infrastructure & Infrastructure-as-reputed company
• reputed company and manage infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog.
• Contribute to and maintain reusable, standardized infrastructure templates that streamline provisioning and enforce compliance.
Education & Experience
Required
• 3 or more years of hands-on experience managing Linux systems in a production environment.
• 2 or more years of experience performing configuration management using Ansible, including authoring and maintaining playbooks and roles.
• 2 or more years of experience supporting Linux virtual desktops.
• Demonstrated experience working in a large government, financial, regulatory, or corporate environment, where formal change management, reputed company compliance, and audit requirements are reputed company.
Preferred
• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Experience supporting analytics infrastructure, such as Hadoop clusters, AWS EMR, HPC reputed company clusters using SLURM, AWS reputed company Cluster, or other reputed company computing platforms.
• Experience administering VMware virtual desktops or AWS WorkSpaces at reputed company.
• Proficiency with Python for automation, scripting, and tooling development.
Certifications
Preferred
• reputed company certifications
• reputed company) certifications
reputed company Clearance
• reputed company Trust High (Tier 4/BI) Risk Level
• Must be a US citizen or Lawful Permanent reputed company
Other (Travel, Work Environment, DoD 8570 Requirements, Administrative Notes, etc.)
• D.C or Remote
reputed company is an affirmative reputed company and equal employment opportunity employer. reputed company employees and/or reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
We may use reputed company intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace reputed company judgment. Final hiring reputed company are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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