Sr Cloud Systems Admin/Platform Engineer

The Platform Reliability Engineer will be part of a team delivering “Platform” as a capability supporting multiple Raytheon internal projects and external partners. Members of this team work independently, or in teams of two on large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant cloud-based systems in mixed Linux/Windows based environments.  They provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) utilizing Platform technologies such as VMWare Tanzu, Kubernetes and RedHat OpenShift. This is a diverse team of highly skilled operators who help our customers succeed with Agile and DevOps.

As a Platform Reliability Engineer, you will receive additional training in Platform technologies and then be responsible for installation, maintenance, upgrades, monitoring, and management of these technologies as a managed service. Along with managing the entire deployment and operations lifecycle of these platforms and supporting technologies, you will also handle their integration with on-premise and cloud services.
Work is primarily remote however some on-site work and travel may be required at various locations (20%).

This opportunity is contingent upon contract award

This role will include, but is not limited to tasks like the following: 

• Create, implement, and manage Platform deployments

• Set up and maintain AWS environments.

• Provide expertise for operational management of monitoring, platform management, disaster recovery, security compliance/auditing, networking, storage, service brokers and buildpacks

• Manage virtualized Linux (Ubuntu and Amazon Linux) and Windows (2013 and above) systems

• Develop and deliver configuration and deployment automation required for continuously improving the functionality, availability, and manageability of platform and associated services.

• Set up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation and troubleshooting

• Uses scripting tools to automate processes

• Works closely with developers in troubleshooting issues.

Required Skills: 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen an active DoD Secret Security clearance
• Subject Matter Expertise in AWS and System Administration of Linux/Unix Operating System
• Experience developing automation solutions with competence in scripting languages for automating frequently executed activities.
• Linux/Unix and Windows Administration experience
• Experience solving problems at the Linux/Unix command line
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience in an Agile/DevOps/DevSecOps environment
• Experience troubleshooting Operating Systems and Applications
• Strong experience working as part of a team collaborating on problem resolution.
• 8+ years of experience in related fields or technologies to this job description

 Desired Skills: 

• Experience with the installation and maintenance of VMWare Tanzu and/or RedHat OpenShift
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools (e.g. Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
• Working knowledge of networking concepts and experience with relevant technologies such as Load Balancers/DNS/SSL/Firewalls/NAT/NTP
• DoD 8570.01 IAT Level 2 (or higher) - Level 2 requires one or more of the following Professional Certifications: CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP
• Experience working with various RDBMS such as Amazon RDS, MySQL and Postgres

 Required Education:
 
Typically, a University degree - Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field (preferred). In lieu of a degree 8 additional years of Engineering, Computer, or Information Science applicable professional experience is required or 16 years in lieu of Degree.

Relocation Eligible – No - Relocation assistance not available