System Engineer IV AWS/Linux

Position : System IV
Location: Washington, DC Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Duration: Long-term Contract
Rate: $60 62/hr W2 Max
Citizenship: , , EAD
Interview: MS Teams + Coding Assessment

THE OVERALL PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The purpose of this position is to provide System Engineer support to the IT department.

SCOPE OF WORK

• Should need to collaborate with internal teams to architect, engineer, configure && deploy AWS && other infrastructure technologies using approved organizational technologies.
• Work hand in hand with System Operations to develop self-service infrastructure provisioning, delivery pipelines, log, && monitoring services.
• Update system documentation as required
• Collaborates with IT Operations Engineers in installing applications && servers including both physical && virtual types.
• Monitor, fix && improve infrastructure continuously.
• Operates monitoring, alerting, backups, antivirus, anti-spam, malware, &&. as well as offsite storage, && data mirroring.

USAC CORE COMPETENCIES

• Forward Thinking: The ability to anticipate the implications && consequences of situations && take appropriate action to be prepared for possible contingencies
• Thinks Critically: The ability to approach one's work analytically by identifying issues/questions, gathering && evaluating data, && creating evidence-based recommendations or solutions
• Embraces Innovation & Change: The ability to respond positively to change and demonstrate flexibility, && openness to new ways of thinking and doing things
• Communicates Openly & Effectively: The ability to effectively communicate in multiple modes && in a way that fosters understanding and dialogue, as well as engages with others in a way that demonstrates emotional intelligence
• Performance Focused: The ability to take ownership for one's own or one's employees' performance, by setting clear goals && expectations, tracking progress against the goals, providing feedback, && addressing performance problems && issues promptly
• Applies Customer Lens: The ability to provide the best service to customers (internal && external) with the goal of exceeding their expectations while maintaining integrity
• Develops Self & Others: The ability to identify, learn, && apply new skills or habits as needed to perform successfully on the job.
• Fosters Collaboration: The ability to look beyond immediate teams, broaden peer networks, && finding ways to partner with internal && external stakeholders in order to achieve success.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• General AWS Architecture
• AWS Command Line Interface

• Shell Scripting (Shell, Perl and Python)
• Unix/Linux systems installation, operations, administration, && maintenance
• Unix shell && standard utilities,&& common Unix/ Linux security tools
• Bachelor s degree and/or relevant technical training with no preferred certification.
• Seven (7) to Ten (10) years of directly related experience.
• Three (3) to Five (5) years of operational and/or QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:.
• Extensive knowledge of Linux server operating systems.
• Extensive knowledge of designing, developing and troubleshooting new && existing scripting.
• Experience in systems administration and Engineering in a mature Enterprise environment.
• Extensive AWS Cloud infrastructure environments including ECS, EC2, API, S3, Lambda && others.
• Sophisticated understanding of ports, protocols, && routing & switching in a firewalled, wide-area network.
• Experience with Public Cloud infrastructure management
• Bonus Experience with RHEL Satellite server.
• Bonus - Experience with Puppet
• Bonus - Experience with the Atlassian Suite of products

EDUCATION

A bachelor s degree in computer science and/or Information Technology. relevant work experience (over eight years) may be acceptable.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES

• AWS Certification

Overall Experience

10+ years