Linux / Ansible Engineer

Job Title: Linux / Ansible Engineer

Location work will be performed: Eagan, MN 55121

Duration: 1+ yr.

Public Trust or Eligibility Required.

Job Description

• Very strong background in Linux/Unix Administration and troubleshooting O/S (SLES, RHEL) as well as Lifecycle activities. (Build, Patching, Decommission)

• Strong experience with Ansible and/or Ansible Tower (AWX)

• Experience in working and configuring open-source enterprise technologies.

• Troubleshoot, evaluate, and resolve operational challenges contributing to defined

service level objectives.

• Strong experience with additional automation/configuration management tools (Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, or an equivalent)

• Fluency in multiple scripting languages (Python, Perl, Ruby or equivalent)

• Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services

• GitHub Action and GitLab CI/CD

• Strong experience with DevSecOps automation tools like Docker, Ansible.

• Experience with DevSecOps monitoring tools like Nagios, Splunk.

• Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.

• Experience with containerization technologies, Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, etc

• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or associated discipline preferred and a minimum of 10 years of Systems Administration experience. Additional experience may be substituted for degree.

• Seven years of experience in Systems Administration for SuSE Linux systems in a large-scale production environment.

• Knowledge of the following product support practices and concepts:

o Automation, scripting, playbook experience with Ansible, Ansible Tower (AWX)

o Scripting languages (e.g. bash, ksh, perl, python, ruby, etc )

o IT service level agreements

o Performance monitoring, tuning, and debugging (e.g., GTF traces, and region and transaction dumps)

o Process/product testing and verification

o Designing, implementing, and consuming REST APIs

• Knowledge of one or more IT platforms or products:

o Puppet

o Virtualization technology - (VMWare/vSphere, Nutanix)

o Build automation into daily processes, including server builds, patching, and configuration analysis.

• Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance - US Citizen or Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder) and must not have traveled outside the US for a combined total of 6 months or more in last 5 years.

• Must have resided in the US for the last 5 years

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expert in Ansible, AWX

• Solid understanding of RHEL SLES.

• Proven knowledge with Python

• Proven knowledge of Docker or Kubernetes.

• Red Hat Certifications are a plus

• Experience with containerization technologies, Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, etc

• Artifactory, and SonarQube

• Experience with IaC principles (terraform)

• Strong in the use of continuous integration and delivery processes and tools

• Local to the Eagan, MN area, no relocation assistance provided.