Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Enterprise Management Engineer on a 10 year contract providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer. All the personnel on the team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment and disposal of user facing and data center information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission.

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

• Demonstrates hands-on experience and knowledge of Linux platform (i.e. RHEL, CentOS) including administration, management, and troubleshooting for physical and virtual platforms
• Demonstrates 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.)
• Demonstrates experience performing trend analysis on overall system health, performance, and capacity management with regard to utilization and growth
• Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain capacity metric
• Performs software upgrades, patch installs, firmware upgrades then test for functionality on a periodic basis.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the following infrastructure principles: Fault tolerance, High availability, Scalability and Capacity planning, Data center organization, Backup / Recovery
• Creates shell and Perl scripts in various shells to automate daily and periodic tasks
• Maintains server configuration baselines and configuration compliance against baseline/benchmarks
• Collaborates with Application Teams to perform system maintenance and patch management tasks
• Documents work for leadership, updates/creates Standard Operating Procedures, and briefs 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.
• Performs systems hardening to DoD Standards
• Applies vendor patches and new designs to keep products up-to-date and meet security requirements.
• Works with other Service Providers to support areas of common interest
• Works with others engineers to establish and modify thresholds to better monitor systems
• Works with software and hardware vendors to resolve issues and share requirements
• Assumes other duties/projects as they arise and be responsive to the needs of the department

Clearance Required: Active or Reinstateable TS/SCI required with ability to pass a CI Poly

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience

• 2+ years of related systems engineering experience.
• 1+ years of experience with monitoring tools

Required Certifications:

• Must have current 8570 IAT II Level Certification (CNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, Sec+ CE, SSCP) or higher within 90 days of hire.
• Professional certification in one or more relevant technologies.

Required Skills:

• 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
• 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.
• 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

Abile Group, Inc. was formed in July 2004 to partner with the Intelligence Community and their Contractors in the areas of Enterprise Analytics & Performance Management, IT & Systems Engineering and Program & Project Management. We have significant experience with the Federal Government and are an EDWOSB dedicated to our employees and clients.  We are looking for high performing employees who enjoy providing advice and guidance along with solutions development and implementation support, crafted by combining industry best practices with the clients’ subject matter experience and Abile’s breadth of expertise. 

Abile Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.  Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email careers@abilegroup.com with requested details.  A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days. 

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