aqua IT
Overview: Aqua IT is seeking an experienced Linux Systems Engineer to provide support to a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations on the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements.
- Provide support to Tier II personnel in resolving customer-facing issues.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and mitigation for operational issues. Communicate findings with interested parties and establish a feedback loop to development.
- Work as a subject matter expert (SME) to review user metrics, system health, overall performance checkouts, and implement proactive measures to support operational availability.
- Develop scripts to accomplish operational tasks, and utilize playbook-based automation processes, as necessary.
- Manage Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software products in several environments.
- Work with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.
- Interface with customers and outside technical teams to diagnose and mitigate access issues.
- Utilize abstract visualization skills to understand system workflows and identify bottlenecks.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline plus 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role.
- Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
- Experience troubleshooting network-related issues (Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model levels 4-7)
- Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.)
- Experience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)
- Strong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management
- Familiarity with Identity Federation, Single Sign-On, and authorization technologies (e.g. smart cards/Common Access Cards (CACs), SAML, OIDC, OAuth, Kerberos)
- Experience with Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, Oracle WebLogic, etc.)
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with scripting languages, such as Bash and Python
- Experience with LDAP (in lieu of Oracle Unified Directory experience)
- Experience with ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK tools)
- Experience with AWS and other cloud-based architectures
- Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels
- Experience with automated testing and monitoring
- Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management
2026-07-10
Code
AQI-000288
Type
Full-Time
City, State
Chantilly, Virginia
Country
United States