Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:15:39 -0400 From: mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> To: WSFA Official List <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>, WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: Fwd: Linux Position recruitment --if you know someone Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> This is the company I work for. They're not a bad company. If anyone's interested, let me know offlist, and we'll get you in touch. mark Mark We are looking for a more Jr-Mid level Linux Engineer for another project at NIH. I am sending on to you in case you might have a referral you would like to pass on. Below is the detailed information. Thanks Susan #48638: NIAID Linux Engineer - in Rockville MD, 3+ years with configuration management experience Requisition Number 48638BR Job Family Engineering - Development Position Title (WD) Linux Systems Engineer (RedHat / RHEL) Group (WD) Health & Civil Telecommuting Options Telecommuting Allowed Part-Time Position Work Location (WD) ROCKVILLE,MD-5601 FISHERS LN (MDC088) US Citizenship Required No Clearance Required No Daily Responsibilities SRA is seeking an innovative, dedicated, and highly-motivated Linux Engineer to solve challenging problems for our client, a scientific and medical research agency. If engineering web sites and applications on Linux systems, automating bare-metal provisioning and application deployments using configuration management, and creating scalable and performance solutions sounds interesting to you, then please apply. This Linux Engineer position with SRA is part of a 7 person team supporting Linux and HPC within a larger IT infrastructure and software development program in support of National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The environment is currently a small but growing cluster made up of a core count of 756 and 3 TB of memory, running on approximately 70 physical nodes. As the needs of the NIAID Scientists evolve, we continue to expand our design and cluster, adding more nodes and memory. Position is for full time employment with SRA and will be based at our client's office in Rockville, MD off Fishers Ln (metro accessible and parking available; part time teleworking 1 day a week is allowed). Key responsibilities for the Linux Engineer include: - Perform architecture design and day-to -day operational maintenance, support and upgrades for Linux operating systems on physical and virtual servers. - Support various platforms to include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Linux-based security appliances. - Develop and implement innovative and complex solutions, ensuring that upgrades and changes comply with established guidelines and processes. - Serve as a valuable member of the team responsible for the planning and development of a robust and scalable management infrastructure for Linux computing resources. - Apply in-depth Linux expertise to collaborate with stakeholders across IT and domain disciplines to engineer solutions on Linux systems in support of world class, cutting-edge scientific research. Required: Degree None Required: Basic Qualifications * Bachelor's degree and 3+ years Systems Administration / Systems Engineering experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience) * 2+ years of experience with Linux/Unix variants, preferably RedHat / RHEL and its derivatives * Scripting skill of some sort (Perl, Python, Ruby, bash, etc) * Experience and/or ability to analyze solutions components, understand systems integration challenges, and identify technology gaps in current components that must be resolved to reach future performance targets and functionality requirements. * Proven experience with administering Apache/Tomcat and MySQL, preferably in traditional LAMP stack deployments * Experience with automation/configuration management (Puppet preferred, will also consider Chef, Ansible, Salt, etc) * Experience configuring/administering and evaluating information from monitoring, logging, and alerting tools for Linux systems (such as Nagios, Zenoss, Ganglia, Splunk, etc) Desired: Skills * Good documentation skills * Strong troubleshooting skills * Able to clearly present ideas to both technical and non-technical users and staff * Familiarity with industry best practices for Linux server security; ability to implement organizational security standards on Linux platforms * Experience with technical evaluation and recommendation of new technologies * KVM/ VMware administration and deployment experience