What are the responsibilities and job description for the Linux System Engineer position at Minuteman Group?
Job Title : Systems Engineer (Virtual)
Location : Lexington, MA
Job Type : W2 Contract
Background / Need :
Our team provides resources to assist with compliance execution, reporting, and vulnerability-remediation activities. These services are offered across the Laboratory through the ISD Embedded System Administrator (ESA) Group. In addition, the ETT Team is responsible for the overall operation of monitoring tools, such as SolarWinds, the Laboratory’s IT service management (ITSM) tool (Footprints), and the Laboratory’s central visibility tool—BigFix.
Must Have :
Bachelors of Computer Science or relevant technical field of study.
Experience providing support for RHEL & Ubuntu workstation and server.
Experience utilizing Ansible Automation Platform to support Linux systems.
Experience utilizing Satellite and Landscape to support Linux systems.
Experience with bash / shell, Python or Perl scripting.
Understanding of Linux troubleshooting to include the boot process, Kickstart building, systemd, monitoring of system resources, kernel tuning, system performance troubleshooting, system calls and tracing.
Experience configuring storage for Linux systems (LVM, file systems, RAID, storage encryption, SAN, NAS and NFS).
Package development and deployment (rpm, yum, dnf, apt).
Strong overall network skills (package captures, NIC latency tuning, route tables and tracing, subnetting, firewall / iptable, TCP / UDP / IP protocols).
Ability to work independently toward delivery of goals as well as collaborate in team efforts.
Excellent customer service skills.
Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrate the ability to learn new technologies and disciplines quickly.
Nice to Have :
Experience supporting DevSecOps environments (with Github, Jfrog, Jenkins, GitLab, Fortify, Docker, Kubernetes, or SonarQube).
Experience supporting software deployment on Linux.
Experience supporting AWS cloud infrastructure.
Education & Experience : Bachelor's plus 10 years of relevant work experience.
Work Authorization : US Citizenship is required due to the nature of the work.
Clearance : Active Secret Clearance (OR a higher clearance).
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”
