Data Center Engineer (Linux SME)
Cloudious LLC is hiring a Linux subject-matter-expert Data Center Engineer for a 6-month, fully onsite contract in Montréal (5 days/week). The person runs daily datacenter operations and joins DC migration/transformation projects, working with Linux/Unix, DoD 8570 security certs, and tools like Ansible, Zabbix, BIND, and GitLab.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Montréal, Canada
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- DoD 8570 / IAT-II certification compliance — Security+ plus an OS cert (Linux+, RedHat, etc.)
- Extensive knowledge of Linux and Unix OS concepts and systems administration experience
- Ability to develop and maintain system administration procedure documentation for routine and complex tasks
- Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation
- Ability to obtain a DoD interim Secret clearance and maintain a DoD TS clearance
- Linux SME-level experience
- Data Center support experience, including daily DC operations
- macOS skills
- Occasional after-hours support and emergency response
Nice to have
- Experience compiling, installing, and porting software
- Understanding of application scaling issues related to problem resolution and algorithm choice
- Experience with storage architectures: SAN, SAS, FC, SATA, bandwidth, performance
- Ability to develop application benchmarks and determine optimal processor/memory/cache configurations
- Familiarity with multi-factor authentication platforms and identity management (OpenID, LDAP, Kerberos)
- Security implementations using MFA, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix OS hardening to DoD STIG standards
- Experience programming or troubleshooting Python code
- Experience supporting Apache Web Server
- Experience with Zabbix
- Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager
- Experience with BIND DNS
- Experience with Ansible
- Experience with GitLab
Full description
Job Description
Job DescriptionTitle: Data Center Engineer (Linux SME)
Location: Montr al, QC (Canada)
Duration: 6 Months
Work Model: Fully Onsite - 5 Days a week (3575 Av. du Parc #5322, Montr al, QC H2X 3P9)
JD - Linux SME who can handle a datacenter and work on open source linux tools. Candidate needs to handle daily operations of a Datacenter and cater to take part in all DC migration and Transformation projects.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Required Skills and Abilities
8570.01M/ IAT-II; DoD 8570 certification - Security + and OS cert, Linux+, RedHat, etc.
Extensive knowledge of Linux and Unix operating systems concepts as well as systems administration experience.
Ability to develop and maintain documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks.
Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation of the Information System
What are the top 3 skills required for this role? Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Desired Skills and Abilities
- Experience with compiling, installing, and porting software.
- Ability to understand application scaling issues related to problem resolution, algorithm choice.
- Experience with Storage Architectures: SAN, SAS, FC, SATA, Bandwidth, Performance
- Ability to manage development of appropriate application benchmarks, analyze results and determine optimal configurations for processor type/speed, size of memory/cache, and memory interconnect fabric for customer problem domains.
- Familiar in multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.
- Security implementations using multi-factor authentication, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix OS hardening to DoD STIG standards.
- Experience programming or troubleshooting Python code
- Experience with supporting Apache Web Server
- Experience with Zabbix
- Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager
- Experience with BIND DNS
- Experience with Ansible
- Experience with Gitlab
Other
- Ability to obtain an DoD interim Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD TS.
- DoD 8570 Certification compliance - Security + and OS cert, Linux+, RedHat, etc.
- May require occasion after hours support and response to emergency situations for problem resolution
1.Linux SME level Experience
2.Data Center Support