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Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is looking for software developers who can get stuff done while making a difference in support of the mission to protect our country.

 

Description

Captivation Software is looking for a mid level cloud systems administrator who will work in a cloud environment platform, built with Java on Free and Open Source Software products including Kubernetes, Hadoop and Accumulo, to enable the execution of data-intensive analytics on a managed infrastructure. This position is on the Operations Team that ensures day-to-day operations stability, provides customer support, as well as, knowledge in technical and troubleshooting repair expertise. The ideal candidate will have the ability to thrive in a fast paced team environment who is self motivated and proactively completes tasks with strong attention to detail. The candidate will be exposed to a variety of technologies depending on customer requirement.

This position is shift work or on-call.

 

Responsibilities

• Monitor system health
• Troubleshoot system problems
• Maintain storage systems
• Interface with external teams for hardware, network, and infrastructure support
• Provide after-hours on-call/call-in support
• Ensure system security requirements are satisfied
• Participate in engineering discussions
• Create/maintain system scripts
• Patch/upgrade system
• Administer user accounts
• Maintain hardware inventory

 

Requirements

Security Clearance:

• Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen

Minimum Qualifications:

• Shall have at least one (1) year of experience performing system administration and monitoring large distributed system consisting of: multiple clusters; clustering implemented across at least 3 racks of equipment; minimum of 60 nodes per site.
• Shall have three (3) years experience writing software scripts using scripting languages including bash, perl, or python
• Shall have five (5) years experience demonstrating a fundamental understanding and working knowledge of core components of the Linux operating system including the management of user and group accounts in LDAP configuration of DHCP, DNS, and TFTP.
• One (1) year experience is required.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics is highly desired and will be considered equivalent to two (2) years of experience
• Hadoop/Cloud System Administrator Certification or comparable Cloud System/Service Certification is required

Required Skills:

• Linux
• Bash
• Python
• Configuration management tools such as Puppet.
• Monitor systems and resolve or escalate network and data flow alerts for cloud systems hardware, software or network issues.
• Cloud based Linux system administration for large Hadoop and Accumulo based clusters environment sustaining a strong background in troubleshooting operational system issues 

Desired Skills:

• Docker,
• Kubernetes
• Hadoop
• Scripting experience such as python and bash is beneficial.
• Prometheus
• Jira
• Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
• Virtualization
• Salt/Ansible
• Grafana
• Openstack
• AWS

 

This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.

Benefits

• Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)
• Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)
• Above Market Hourly Rates
• $3,200 HSA Contribution
• 5 Weeks Paid Time Off
• Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D