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Air Force Civilian Service · 7 hours ago

Configuration Manager

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking a full-time Configuration Manager to support the United States Air Force. The role involves establishing and maintaining configuration management frameworks while providing senior-level systems administration across operational networks, ensuring optimal performance of analytical computing environments.

Aerospace

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Establishing and maintaining configuration management frameworks

Providing senior-level systems administration across the duel-site enterprise infrastructure

Implementing configuration standards and maintaining day-to-day operations of systems that support leadership-required analytic workflows

Ensuring optimal performance and availability of SAF/SA’s analytical computing environments, including HPC clusters, AI/ML platforms, and cloud-native systems

Providing technical expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps workflows, automated configuration deployment, and advanced Linux systems administration for High Performance Computing (HPC) and AI/ML workloads

Maintaining 24/7 on-call availability as primary systems administrator for critical infrastructure support and incident response

Optimizing systems for Operations Research, Data Science, and modeling & simulation workloads

Administering job schedulers, parallel file systems, GPU computing resources, and high-performance interconnects

Managing enterprise storage and backup systems, including SAN/NAS administration, backup strategies, and data recovery procedures

Deploying, administering, and configuring multi-cluster environments using Kubernetes and container orchestration

Developing custom automation solutions for systems administration tasks and integration scripts

Creating reusable configuration templates and modules for complex infrastructure deployments

Qualification

Linux systems administrationInfrastructure as Code (IaC)KubernetesGitOps workflowsHigh Performance Computing (HPC)PythonWindows Server AdministrationAgile Software DevelopmentSecDevOpsDevOps

Required

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Must be able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance

This position is designated by the Air Force as a testing designated position under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program and is subject to random drug testing

Position requires 24/7 on-call availability as primary systems administrator for critical infrastructure support and incident response

Expert knowledge of Linux systems administration, including advanced proficiency with RHEL, Ubuntu, and SUSE distributions in enterprise environments

Deep understanding of kernel internals, system optimization, performance tuning, and troubleshooting for HPC and analytical workloads

Current Linux certification (RHCE or equivalent) with expert knowledge of configuration management principles and practices, including configuration baselines, version control, change management, and compliance frameworks

Deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and implementation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef

Comprehensive knowledge of GitOps workflows and declarative configuration management

Comprehensive knowledge of HPC and analytical computing environments, including administration of job schedulers, parallel file systems, GPU computing resources, and high-performance interconnects

Experience optimizing systems for Operations Research, Data Science, and modeling & simulation workloads

Comprehensive understanding of enterprise storage and backup systems, including SAN/NAS administration, backup strategies, and data recovery procedures

Knowledge of distributed storage systems used in HPC environments

Expert knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration, including deployment, administration, and configuration of multi-cluster environments

Experience with Helm charts, Kubernetes operators, and custom resource definitions

Understanding of container security and configuration best practices, to include advanced knowledge of automation frameworks and scripting, including proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, and tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, and ELK stack

Experience developing custom automation solutions for systems administration tasks and integration scripts

Ability to create reusable configuration templates and modules for complex infrastructure deployments