Apr 1
Top Secret
Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
$150,000 and above
25%
IT - Software
Washington, DC (On-Site/Office)
Who Are We?
Groundswell is a premier technology integrator resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace? Join us, where we’ll make a greater impact together.
Who We are Looking For:
We’re looking for a skilled Infrastructure Engineer/Systems Administrator to design, implement, and maintain a resilient and scalable platform architecture. In this role, you'll ensure the security, performance, and uptime of Linux server environments, troubleshoot issues, and automate repetitive tasks. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance and support mission-critical applications and services.
The ideal candidate will have experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker), system hardening, and automation (Ansible, Python). This is an on-site role in Washington, DC, requiring active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement a resilient and scalable platform architecture.
- Keep Systems running smoothly and securely.
- Serve as the team's expert and owner for all things systems administration.
- Operating system patching.
- Security hardening, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Be the first line of defense against a variety of threats to the uptime of your servers.
- Proactively keep things safe and secure through implementation of best practices.
- Follow monitoring alerts and log messages to the source of trouble.
- Triage outages and work with team to understand issues and how to fix them.
- Ability to understand objectives, interpret them, and translate that to a coherent technical vision.
- Participate in the planning, development, and deployment of platform components, services, and applications.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks to optimize platform performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
- Ensure that best practices are followed during design, development, and delivery of projects.
- Configure and maintain servers including monitoring and configuration management.
- Work with IT teams to coordinate changes and troubleshoot intersystem problems.
- Administer enterprise Linux servers.
Required Qualifications:
- Active Top-Secret Clearance with eligibly to hold SCI
- Willing to be on-site in Washington DC location 4-5 days a week
- Proven expertise in systems administration, platform architecture, and infrastructure management (years of experience may vary)
- Experience supporting Linux server environments
- Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift or other container experience
- Ability to troubleshoot server hardware failures
- Applied knowledge in operating system security and hardening
- Ability to automate repetitive tasks using Ansible, Python, or similar language
- Experience with patch and configuration management
- Experience in an enterprise production environment
- Exposure to the operation and configuration of database and web server technologies
- Experience working in a DevOps Environment
Preferred Skills:
- Experience using UiPath, Python or other tools (puppet, ansible, chef) for automation
- Experience in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Groundswell is a premier technology integrator resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace? Join us, where we’ll make a greater impact together.
Who We are Looking For:
We’re looking for a skilled Infrastructure Engineer/Systems Administrator to design, implement, and maintain a resilient and scalable platform architecture. In this role, you'll ensure the security, performance, and uptime of Linux server environments, troubleshoot issues, and automate repetitive tasks. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance and support mission-critical applications and services.
The ideal candidate will have experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker), system hardening, and automation (Ansible, Python). This is an on-site role in Washington, DC, requiring active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement a resilient and scalable platform architecture.
- Keep Systems running smoothly and securely.
- Serve as the team's expert and owner for all things systems administration.
- Operating system patching.
- Security hardening, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Be the first line of defense against a variety of threats to the uptime of your servers.
- Proactively keep things safe and secure through implementation of best practices.
- Follow monitoring alerts and log messages to the source of trouble.
- Triage outages and work with team to understand issues and how to fix them.
- Ability to understand objectives, interpret them, and translate that to a coherent technical vision.
- Participate in the planning, development, and deployment of platform components, services, and applications.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks to optimize platform performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
- Ensure that best practices are followed during design, development, and delivery of projects.
- Configure and maintain servers including monitoring and configuration management.
- Work with IT teams to coordinate changes and troubleshoot intersystem problems.
- Administer enterprise Linux servers.
Required Qualifications:
- Active Top-Secret Clearance with eligibly to hold SCI
- Willing to be on-site in Washington DC location 4-5 days a week
- Proven expertise in systems administration, platform architecture, and infrastructure management (years of experience may vary)
- Experience supporting Linux server environments
- Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift or other container experience
- Ability to troubleshoot server hardware failures
- Applied knowledge in operating system security and hardening
- Ability to automate repetitive tasks using Ansible, Python, or similar language
- Experience with patch and configuration management
- Experience in an enterprise production environment
- Exposure to the operation and configuration of database and web server technologies
- Experience working in a DevOps Environment
Preferred Skills:
- Experience using UiPath, Python or other tools (puppet, ansible, chef) for automation
- Experience in Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
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