Application Engineer III (SEAR) with Security Clearance

Key Responsibilities

• System Administration: Architect, deploy, and maintain robust Linux server environments to ensure high availability and performance.
• Infrastructure Management: Proactively monitor, patch, and upgrade both Linux server instances and AWS environments to maintain operational excellence.
• Security & Compliance: Implement and manage security compliance controls across the infrastructure, proactively identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.
• Documentation & Governance: Maintain comprehensive documentation for system configurations, inventory changes, and non-applicable security controls to ensure audit readiness.
• Hardware & Software Lifecycle: Execute the installation, integration, and decommissioning of hardware and software assets, ensuring seamless transitions within the existing networked environment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering teams to integrate new solutions into the network while maintaining existing infrastructure standards.

Required Skills

• Ph.D. plus two (2) years of experience, a Master's degree plus four (4) years of experience, Bachelor's degree plus six (6) years of experience, or an Associate's degree plus eight (8) years of professional experience is acceptable.
• Ten (10) years of relevant experience is acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree.
• Proficient with Linux.
• Minimum of 3 years Linux server administration experience (within the last 3 years)
• Proficient with AWS.
• Minimum of 1 year of AWS experience (within the last year)
• Proficient with Ansible.
• Minimum of 1 year of Ansible experience (within the last year).
• Experience with patching and upgrading Linux servers and AWS instances.
• Security + cert Desired Skills

Additional Requirements

• Desired Experience:
• Should have working knowledge, able to use and or support, with some (preferably most) of the following resources and tools
• * Linux servers
• * AWS
• * Ansible
• * Docker/Kubernetes
• * Elasticsearch
• * Splunk
• * Scripting (bash, Python)