Senior RHEL Engineer - Secret Clearance Required

Overview

Empower mission-critical systems and safeguard our Homeland with Maximus—where innovation meets opportunity.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior RHEL Engineer to join our team. As a Senior RHEL Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the deployment and management of Red Hat OpenShift clusters, ensuring high availability and security. This role involves developing and maintaining automation scripts for system provisioning, configuration management, and deployment.

This position is on-site, five days a week and requires an active Secret clearance.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code : TCS136, T4, Band 7

Job-Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• Implement and optimize monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Grafana) for real-time tracking of application health.
• Transition OpenShift cluster operations from connected to partially disconnected environments, ensuring seamless deployment of critical security updates.
• Automate cluster provisioning and scaling to reduce deployment time and minimize human error.
• Manage and optimize multi-cluster OpenShift environments across production and development clusters, ensuring 99.99% uptime.
• Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions and update documentation to improve team expertise in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager and Kubernetes management.
• Integrate Red Hat Satellite for efficient patch management and system updates across multiple environments.
• Develop and implement disaster recovery plans and backup strategies for critical systems.
• Configure and manage network services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NFS) within RHEL environments.
• Perform kernel tuning and system optimization to enhance performance and reliability.
• Implement and manage security policies using SELinux and firewall configurations.
• Conduct root cause analysis for system failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Implement and manage cloud security best practices, including access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.
• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage to ensure cost efficiency and performance.
• Develop and maintain CI / CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing of applications in cloud environments.

Job-Specific Requirements

Skills and Qualifications

Recent experience under DHS.

RedHat certifications - RHCE, RedHat Certified - OpenShift, RHCSA, etc.

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EEO and Pay Transparency

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

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