Enterprise Management Engineer (Performance, Availability, and Capacity)
- Job ID Number
- RQ188302
- Springfield, VA, US
- Category
- Information Technology
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Business Unit
- GDIT
Responsibilities for this Position
Location: USA VA SpringfieldFull Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ188302
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other Required:
None
Job Family:
Systems Engineering
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Enterprise Systems, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Scripting
Certifications:
None
Experience:
2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that's important.
GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can't turn into opportunity. And our work depends on TS/SCI level cleared Enterprise Management Engineer joining our team to support our Intelligence customer in Springfield, VA.
Description
Enterprise Management Engineer is needed to support Data Center Service in support of installation, administration, management, configuration, testing, and integration tasks related to Fault and Performance tools. Work independently as part of a small team of system engineers responsible for the care and feeding of a diverse IT infrastructure
Principle Responsibilities
- Demonstrated hands-on experience and knowledge of Linux platform (i.e. RHEL, CentOS) including administration, management, and troubleshooting for physical and virtual platforms
- Demonstrated hands-on experience and understanding of proactive monitoring concepts, including experience configuring and deploying Network and systems monitoring (i.e. SNMP, Nagios, Splunk, SolarWinds, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience performing trend analysis on overall system health, performance, and capacity management with regard to utilization and growth
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain capacity metric
- Performs software upgrades, patch installs, firmware upgrades then test for functionality on a periodic basis.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the following infrastructure principles: Fault tolerance, High availability, Scalability and Capacity planning, Data center organization, Backup / Recovery
- Create shell and Perl scripts in various shells to automate daily and periodic tasks
- Maintain server configuration baselines and configuration compliance against baseline/benchmarks
- Collaborate with Application Teams to perform system maintenance and patch management tasks
- Document work for leadership, update/create Standard Operating Procedures, and brief staff and customers various tasks.
- Interfaces with other engineering teams to adapt performance management tool capabilities to meet operational requirements.
- Assists with analysis using enterprise tool solutions and other tools to detect and respond to IT events, incidents, and outages.
- Performing systems hardening to DoD Standards
- Apply vendor patches and new designs to keep products up-to-date and meet security requirements.
- Work with other Service Providers to support areas of common interest
- Work with others engineers to establish and modify thresholds to better monitor systems
- Working with software and hardware vendors to resolve issues and share requirements
- Assume other duties/projects as they arise and be responsive to the needs of the department
Must have current 8570 IAT II Level Certification (CNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, Sec+ CE, SSCP) or higher within 90 days of hire.
Education/
Equivalent
Training Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
Professional certification in one or more relevant technologies.
Must have current 8570 IAT II Level Certification (CNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, Sec+ CE, SSCP) or higher within 90 days of hir.
Experience
8+ years of related systems engineering experience.
5+ years of experience with monitoring tools
Skills and Abilities:
Abilities:
- Must be able to support a large, complex server and network infrastructure
- Must possess a strong work ethic, be self-directed, and be a detail-oriented professional
- Must be willing to learn and adapt to new, cutting edge technologies
- Must be willing to document work and participate in customer change procedures
- Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
- Must be a team player; willing to both share knowledge and learn from others to ensure the team's success
Required Skills
- Experience with Linux systems in the areas of system administration troubleshooting, integration, shell scripting, and development.
- Advanced scripting skills to include experience using Perl and Python
- Experience with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Ability to partner with other systems administrators, storage administrators, application developers, and network engineers to solve complex problems
- Strong understanding of enterprise networks including load balancers, routers, switches, TCP/IP, DNS, Local Area Networking, AD, GPO
- Fault event rules development, performance threshold management
- Experience with tools in an enterprise environment
- Event analysis
- Experience with one or more of security hardening, backup management, capacity planning, change management, or patch management.
- Strong understanding of enterprise networks including load balancers, routers, switches, TCP/IP, DNS, Local Area Networking, AD, GPO
- Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.
- Knowledge of the current industry hardware, software, and equipment.
Desired Skills
- Experience with fault and performance management tools; including installation, configuration, and administration
- Experience with CA eHealth and/or other network performance tools
- Experience with any of the following: JIRA, Nagios, Python, Puppet, YUMRpo, Ansible Tower, and/or ILOM
- Familiarity of VMware ESX 6.0/6.5/6.7
- Experience with Windows System Administration
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The likely salary range for this position is $116,979 - $115,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:
Onsite
Work Location:
USA VA Springfield
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
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