Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer

Job Summary

Empower mission-critical systems and safeguard our Homeland with Maximus—where innovation meets opportunity. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior RHEL Engineer to join our team.

Job-Specific Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Arcitect and deploy containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• Implement and optimize monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Grafana) for real-time tracking of application health.
• Transition OpenShift cluster operations from connected to partially disconnected environments, ensuring seamless deployment of critical security updates.
• Automate cluster provisioning and scaling to reduce deployment time and minimize human error.
• Manage and optimize multi-cluster OpenShift environments across production and development clusters, ensuring 99.99% uptime.
• Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions and update documentation to improve team expertise in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager and Kubernetes management.
• Integrate Red Hat Satellite for efficient patch management and system updates across multiple environments.
• Develop and implement disaster recovery plans and backup strategies for critical systems.
• Configure and manage network services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NFS) within RHEL environments.
• Perform kernel tuning and system optimization to enhance performance and reliability.
• Implement and manage security policies using SELinux and firewall configurations.
• Conduct root cause analysis for system failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Implement and manage cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage to ensure cost efficiency and performance.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing of applications in cloud environments.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements

• An active Secret Clearance is required.
• Candidates must reside within a commutable distance for participation in a rotational on-call schedule.
• 12+ years of experience with 7+ years working directly with RHEL.
• Candidate should show clear career progression in RHEL engineering.
• Demonstrated focus on system integrations and DevOps 4+ years should include hands on OpenShift experience.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Recent experience under DHS RedHat certifications - RHCE, RedHat Certified - OpenShift, RHCSA, etc.

Additional Tasks

To be assigned as needed.

Pay Information

Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Accommodations

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