Linux Automation Engineer - 2023

Overview

Position: Application Programmer
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Salary Range: $100,800 to $110,800 per year
Clearance: Clearable to Q

KeyLogic is seeking an Application Programmer II to join one of next generation teams working primarily in a Linux environment.

The department partners with several internal mission organizations to design, develop and deploy large-scale remote sensing systems for real-time national security missions.

Your role will include systems architecting, creating and modifying Ansible playbooks, and collaborating with our system administrators to automate tasks. 

Responsibilities:


* Participate in the design of software tools and subsystems to support reuse and domain analysis.


* Assist Applications Engineer and Applications Programmer to interpret software requirements and design specifications to code and integrate and test software components.


* Work will primarily be performed in a Linux environment. 

Qualifications:


* Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related degree plus 6 years of relevant experience or total of 12 years of relevant experience without a degree.


* Must be a US Citizenship


* Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S.

Department of Energy Q security clearance

Required Skills 


* Experience in architecting complete computer solutions, system design, engineering, and system development, including familiarity with modern DevOps practices and tools


* 2 or more years of experience developing automation code using Ansible


* 2 or more years of experience with virtual machines and cloud technologies (e.g.

VMWare vSphere)


* 2 or more years of experience with RedHat Linux (or similar Linux distribution) system administration


* Demonstrable understanding of Linux or Windows Server-based enterprise architectures


* Knowledge of hardware and operating systems, including system architectures, network infrastructures, and client–server principles


* Experience working in a collaborative environment (unclassified/classified)


* Work is primarily performed on site and therefore the candidate must reside in the Albuquerque area


* Candidate can start uncleared, but must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Clearance (preference is Active DOE Q Clearance or DoD Top Secret Reciprocity)

Desired Skills:


* Experience with the full software development lifecycle using iterative or agile methodologies


* Experience with automation, orchestration, continuous integration/ continuous delivery including such tools as Ansible, Puppet, Docker, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Nexus, etc.


* Experience applying Test Driven Development (TDD) principles and automated testing (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin)


* Experience with common software architectures (e.g., microservices, distributed architecture models, etc.)


* Experience with container technologies, using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, etc.


* Experience with Linux server-base...