Senior System Engineer

Senior System Engineer

03 Oct 2024
District of Columbia, Washington 00000 Washington USA

Senior System Engineer

Vacancy expired!

ROUTE1 is currently looking to hire a Senior System Engineer on a full-time, permanent basis, with a 1099 contracted option if desired! This opportunity can be worked 85-95% remotely from the DMV area with travel to D.C. and/or Norfolk, VA as needed.

Title: Senior System Engineer (Remote)

Location: Remote/ Telecommute; Washington, DC or Norfolk, VA

Job Description
  • Responsible for ensuring the stability, integrity and efficient operation of the production infrastructure servers and network components
  • Maintenance of infrastructures deployed at DoD facilities in the DC area and in Norfolk, VA.
  • Hands-on administration of Linux/Unix systems
  • Updating or developing accreditation documentation as may be required
  • Design and implement strategy to migrate systems to the cloud and/or FedRamp facilities
  • Design of robust, flexible, and scalable systems
  • Maintain an overall vision and direction for the infrastructure
  • Assist in the global networking infrastructure
  • Oversee change management and configuration management of the Production environments
  • Analyze the requirements, design, and implement an effective system monitoring solution
  • Assure minimum downtime and optimal planning through proactive planning and regular reviews of the overall production environment
  • Develop project implementation documentation including all technical information needed for the successful implementation of a project
  • Ensure that all components of the infrastructure are well documented and conform to standards
  • Strong coordination, organization, teaming, and communication abilities
  • Works well individually or in a group setting
  • Effectively directs employees
  • Ability to work under pressure and time constraints
  • Successfully presents technical information

Must Have
  • Active Secret clearance at minimum OR meet eligibility requirements for DoD access to classified data
  • Expertise in Linux plus one other UNIX OS (Solaris and/or OpenBSD preferred) is essential to this role
  • Hardening of operating systems and network components based on STIG guidelines
  • Superior problem-solving skills

Required Skills & Experience
  • RedHat (or Oracle) Linux 6, 7 and 8 deployment and administration
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in Linux Administration
  • Expertise in iptables and firewalls
  • Experience with SELinux configuration and policy writing.
  • Experience with network configuration and troubleshooting tools (ethereal, tcpdump)
  • Knowledge of configuration management best practices
  • Ability to design/deploy/administer large-scale complex Linux/Unix systems
  • Experience building fault tolerant and high availability systems
  • Extensive experience with security concepts

Highly Desirable Experience:
  • Experience with AWS or Azure
  • Experience with SANs
  • Experience with Cisco switches and firewalls
  • Experience with Juniper firewalls (SRX-340)
  • Experience with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager
  • Hands on experience with OS hardening concepts (preferable DoD, NSA or NIST)
  • STIG compliance experience
  • Experience with large scale full lifecycle projects
  • Ability to guide technical staff in resolving technical architecture and design issues
  • Experience with asynchronous communications
  • Experience with PKI
  • Understanding of Application Architecture
  • Understanding of Enterprise Application Integration
  • LDAP and/or Microsoft Active Directory.

About Route1
Route1 is an advanced North American technology company that empowers their clients with data-centric solutions necessary to drive greater profitability, improve operational efficiency and gain sustainable competitive advantages, while always emphasizing a strong cybersecurity and information assurance posture. Route1 delivers exceptional client outcomes through real-time secure delivery of actionable intelligence to decision makers, whether it be in a manufacturing plant, in-theater or in a university parking lot.

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