Linux Engineer

Job Posted 11/20/2024

Cornerstone Defense

Colorado Springs, CO

United States

Category Information Technology

Job Description

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Contract
Job #3004

Linux Engineer
Colorado Springs, CO
Active TS/SCI
Compensation Range: $140,000 - $190,000

Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Job Responsibilities:

Provide SME (Subject Matter Expert) level support and guidance to 1st and 2nd tier Linux administrators.
Maintain and operate Red Hat OpenStack infrastructure, as well as Ceph storage infrastructure.
Develop and maintain Ansible automations.
Advise on and perform security hardening of systems using DISA STIGs and other best practice security guidelines.

Required Skills:

10+ years of professional experience in building, deploying, and troubleshooting Linux-based IT systems.
3 to 5 years of experience working with Ansible for deploying, maintaining, and updating systems.
3 to 5 years of experience administering OpenStack.

Desired Skills:

RHCSA or RHCE certification.
Experience with a scripting language (e.g., Bash, Python) to automate and solve recurring tasks.
Comfortable working with mission-critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
Ability to address and resolve information technology issues promptly, effectively, and independently.
Self-motivated and capable of working independently.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with hardware tasks (e.g., racking, troubleshooting, swapping components).

Company Benefits:
Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs. These offerings include not only a full suite of the traditional Medical/Dental/Vision insurances, but also a number of other benefits and perks to include, but not limited to: A 401(K) plan with a company match, tuition and training assistances, paid vacation/leave, a fitness reimbursement program, college savings plan, commuter benefits, financial advisory services, flex spending accounts, health savings accounts, STD/LTD coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance programs, life financial planning assistance, and legal resources.