Principal Platform Engineer / Linux (Aurora, CO)

Paladin Consulting is currently hiring a Principal Platform Engineer / Linux to join our team working onsite at our client's office located in Aurora, CO.

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Job Title:

Principal Platform Engineer / Linux

Work Location:

Aurora, CO

Duration:

Long-term contract with option to hire

Clearance:

TS/SCI CI Poly

Job Description Seeking a Senior Platform Engineer / Linux with well‑rounded Linux Infrastructure Engineering expertise to join an agile product team. The ideal candidate will have experience in both traditional infrastructure design; provisioning of platform, storage, and networking resources for existing on‑premise infrastructure hardware that ideally also has experience in emerging DevOps/DevSecOps & Modernized technologies. The Principal Platform Engineer would be engaged in the design and implementation of system updates and upgrades with focus on Linux Server / Linux OS expertise and will interface both with the Program's Sr. Management and the Customer for Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs) as required.

The Senior Platform Engineer / Linux would be involved with development, implementation of traditional compute/network/storage systems and related deployments, as well as support improving the program platform's overarching design through new emerging technologies. This includes existing operating systems and existing server hardware designs, as well as supporting the design and development of new modernized system architectures.

Note: This position is based in Aurora, CO and work will be performed on site, requiring occasional travel to the customer site for upgrade and implementation activities as necessary.

Responsibilities

You will leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to develop and communicate implementation, of infrastructure solutions

You will maintain existing systems through Linux Based Tools and manage the COTS stack on the system to support program needs

You will assist with integration of the selected platform provisioning tool such as VMWare

You will ensure that the COTS stack and versioning is consistent across the platform; and will work with the team to make updates as necessary

You will travel to customer sites to assist in system updates and deliveries when necessary

Required Skills & Qualifications

BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and 5+ years of related work experience

Current TS/SCI CI Poly issued security clearance is required day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Experience with Agile Development Methodologies (e.g. scrum, SAFe)

Experience with VMware

Experience with programming languages (e.g. Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go)

Qualifications We Prefer

Experience with Linux LDAP for creating Linux based accounts and managing roles and permissions

Experience with Linux Bash scripting for task automation and management of existing scripts

Experience with modernization technologies such as Chef, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher etc

Experience with System Hardening

Experience with AWS technologies

Experience with Cisco IOS / Fiber Switch Familiarity Experience with Cisco Server Hardware / and Firewall implementation

Current Security Plus certification or obtain within 90 days of onboarding

For more information or to view other opportunities, visit us at www.paladininc.com.

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