Prodops Engineer II

Research Innovations, Inc. Job Opportunity

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is breaking through the big, slow, status quo with transformative technology that fundamentally changes and improves the world. We develop cutting-edge software for all levels of the government and military. Using agile development practices and user-centered design, we create innovative software solutions for complex real-world problems. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and configuring large-scale big data environments that leverage a wide range of open-source and commercial technologies. You will perform system administration across development, test, and production environments supporting operations around the globe. The position also involves analyzing system, software, and user performance metrics, including capturing trends to drive improvements. Additionally, you will provide on-call support during designated weeknights and weekends as part of a predefined schedule. This role requires an active US Secret clearance level as a minimum. TS/SCI clearance would be preferred.

What You Will Be Doing

Maintaining, troubleshooting, and configuring big data environments based on many open source and commercial products

System administration of development, test, and production systems at various locations across the globe

Implementing and utilizing monitoring, alerting, and response system capabilities

Analyzing system, software, and user performance metrics to include trend capture

Implementing and utilizing production change and compliance management systems covering hardware life cycle, system updates, software and security patching, and technology roadmaps

Maintaining a suite of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to support production operations appropriate to existing or anticipated failure modes that expertly document responses to system failure issues

Configuring and maintaining user account management interfaces and system supports including direct customer interface

Utilizing security management capabilities and helping ensure a secure and DoD compliant service and system architecture

Supporting the DevOps environment of cutting edge military and national defense related applications

Periodic planned, scheduled, and/or rotational on-call system maintenance support outside of normal duty hours, as required

Keeping up with trends in DevSecOps and SRE

Performing maintenance work on-site one weekend per month

Providing on-call support on some weeknights and weekends based on the predefined schedule

What You Have Done

BS in Computer Science, equivalent degree, or previous work experience.

3+ years experience with Linux (CentOS or Red Hat or Ubuntu) system administration in a production environment.

Conducted system performance and file integrity monitoring

Managed user issue identification, reporting, tracking, and feedback functions

Escalated user issues based on trends or alerts

Conducted vulnerability scanning, mitigation, and reporting functions

Experience with cloud hosting environments (AWS, Azure, Google, etc) or

Experience with KVM or VMWare virtualization technologies

Even Better

Scripting experience (Bash, Python, Ruby, GO, Rust)

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Experience with big data infrastructure to include Hadoop, Accumulo, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB

Understand web application infrastructures to include Wildfly, Apache HTTPD, NGINX and Spring cloud products

Experience with configuration of direct attached and storage area network units

Information security experience and certifications (NIDS, HIDS, Auditing, Incident Response)

Supported plans for security an cyber attack mitigation

Experience with Agile methodologies, GIT and Atlassian products

Experience working in austere/deployed environments

Have worked with US DoD, UK MoD, or another military organization

Research Innovations, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.