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Inficare

Linux / Ansible Engineer/Systems Engineer -Eagan, MN

Inficare, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55130


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.