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Research Innovations Incorporated · 1 month ago

Linux Systems Administrator / ProdOps Engineer II (EC2119)

positionAlexandria, VA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid Level
date3+ years exp

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is a company that develops cutting-edge software for government and military applications. The Production Operations Engineer II will be responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting big data environments, performing system administration, and analyzing performance metrics to drive improvements.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataCloud ComputingCyber SecurityInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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Growth OpportunitiesbadNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Maintaining, troubleshooting, and configuring big data environments based on many open source and commercial products
System administration of development, test and production systems at various locations across the globe
Implementing and utilizing monitoring, alerting, and response system capabilities
Analyzing system, software and user performance metrics to include trend capture
Implementing and utilizing production change and compliance management systems covering hardware life cycle, system updates, software and security patching, and technology roadmaps
Maintaining a suite of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to support production operations appropriate to existing or anticipated failure modes that expertly document responses to system failure issues
Configuring and maintaining user account management interfaces and system supports including direct customer interface
Utilizing security management capabilities and helping ensure a secure and DoD compliant service and system architecture
Supporting the DevOps environment of cutting edge military and national defense related applications
Periodic planned, scheduled, and/or rotational on-call system maintenance support outside of normal duty hours, as required
Keeping up with trends in DevSecOps and SRE
Performing maintenance work on-site one weekend per month
Providing on-call support on some weeknights and weekends based on the predefined schedule

Qualification

Linux administrationBig data environmentsCloud hosting AWSCloud hosting AzureScripting BashScripting PythonDockerKubernetesInformation security certificationsAgile methodologiesUser account managementMonitoringAlertingDevOps environment support

Required

Must have a U.S. Secret Security Clearance at minimum, TS/SCI preferred
BS in Computer Science, equivalent degree, or previous work experience
3+ year's experience with Linux (CentOS or Red Hat or Ubuntu) system administration in a production environment
Conducted system performance and file integrity monitoring
Managed user issue identification, reporting, tracking and feedback functions
Escalated user issues based on trends or alerts
Conducted vulnerability scanning, mitigation, and reporting functions
Experience with cloud hosting environments (AWS, Azure, Google, etc)
Experience with KVM or VMWare virtualization technologies

Preferred

Scripting experience (Bash, Python, Ruby, GO, Rust)
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with big data infrastructure to include Hadoop, Accumulo, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB
Understand web application infrastructures to include Wildfly, Apache HTTPD, NGINX and Spring cloud products
Experience with configuration of direct attached and storage area network units
Information security experience and certifications (NIDS, HIDS, Auditing, Incident Response)
Supported plans for security and cyber attack mitigation
Experience with Agile methodologies, GIT and Atlassian products
Experience working in austere/deployed environments
Have worked with US DoD, UK MoD, or another military organization

Benefits

Flexible work schedules
Health insurance coverage
Paid time off
401k with a company match
Paid parental leave
Access to wellness programs
Community game room
Pantry
Massage chair
Escape room

Company

Research Innovations Incorporated

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Research Innovations Inc. (RII) supports critical defense, intelligence, and cyber customers across the U.S.
dateFounded in 2009
location
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.researchinnovations.com/

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Jack Harrington
Chief Executive Officer
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Brian Drzewiecki, MBA
Chief Operating & Financial Officer (COO & CFO)
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