Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer - Linux Automation and Infrastructure

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Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer - Linux Automation and Infrastructure
Ball Aerospace and Technologies is seeking an experienced IT professional to act as a technical leader in the areas of Linux Infrastructure and Automation with experience in the deploying, configuring, and maintaining large enterprise environments and enterprise management tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In this role the candidate will serve as the spokesperson and consultant to program and organizational leaders on Linux, Automation, and IT Infrastructure technologies to develop and deploy advanced technical solutions to meet challenging and diverse requirements. Engineers and Maintains Linux Enterprise Infrastructure services including Red Hat Satellite, Ansible Tower, Identity Management, advanced Storage Solutions, and Container Orchestration and Development services in multiple Enterprise and isolated development environments. The Engineer will be expected to team with peers, internal customers, and management to provide technical solutions and lead projects to strengthen the consistency and standardization of IT infrastructure through automation and enterprise services to achieve operational excellence and program success. While this position is an individual contributor role excellent collaboration, communication, and technical knowledge and skills will be essential attributes.
What You'll Do:

• Responsible for the design, engineering, deployment, and maintenance of high-availability and secure Enterprise Information Technology systems and Infrastructure Services.
• Expected to engineer, implement, and maintain automation technologies and infrastructure as code (IaC) services to support hardware, virtual, container based, and commercial cloud hosted environments.
• Work includes technical planning (cost, capacity, logistics), architecture, design, implementation, configuration management, maintenance, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and monitoring of services and solutions.
• Act as a technical and project leader in the development of advanced solutions, responsible for project direction and completion.
• Interface with internal customers, program security, and management teams in planning for, deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting services and systems.
• Define, Engineer, and Maintain Linux Enterprise Services including Authentication and Configuration Management services.
• Support Secure Container software and system development efforts and projects by engineering, deploying, and maintaining container and orchestration platform services.
• Automate the installation, patching, and security compliance of Linux-based servers on physical and virtual platforms in support of program initiatives.
• Document technical processes and procedures as needed.
• Work under minimal direction to determine, develop, and provide solutions/enhancements adhering to strict Information Systems security guidelines.
• Execute troubleshooting skills to address stability objectives both reactively and proactively.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

What You'll Need:

• BS degree in Engineering or a related technical field plus 12 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
• Related certifications may count towards years of related experience.
• Able to obtain Certification meeting DoD 8570 compliance.
• Expertise in the following preferred:
  • RHCSA/RCHE Certified
  • Red Hat Enterprise Administration with Identity Management/FreeIPA and Satellite
  • Knowledge of DOD Information Assurance practices and System Accreditation processes including configuring physical and virtual hosts to DISA STIG requirements
  • Experience supporting Software and Enterprise Application development environments and technologies including CI/CD processes, Container Operations, and Orchestration Platforms.
  • Ansible Automation to deploy, configure, and maintain RHEL and CentOS Linux systems
• Solid documentation skills, organization skills, and the ability to interact with team members cross-functionally.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent organization and project management/project coordination skills.
• Preferred: Experience in Scripting Languages (Python, Ruby, Bash), RHEL, Database Applications, Docker, Kubernetes, VMware Virtualization Products, Real Time Kernels, MacAfee Antivirus, and VEEAM.

Hybrid Work Environment: This position may be performed working from both the office and another location, while typically requiring working in the office less than 3 days per work week. Travel and local commute between Ball campuses and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.
Working Conditions:

• Ball Aerospace is a drug-free workplace, which is imperative to the health and safety of all employees and is required as a condition of receiving contracts from federal agencies. Please remember that regardless of the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and other states, possession and use continues to be illegal under the federal Controlled Substances Act. This includes the use of some CBD products. A post-offer, pre-employment drug test is a condition of employment.
• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.

A current DoD clearance and/or SCI access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position, however applicant must be willing and eligible for submission within 60-90 days after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access. By applying to this position, you are agreeing to complete a National Security Clearance Pre-Screen Questionnaire to evaluate your general ability to obtain the required security clearance or government customer access associated with this position.
Relocation for this position is available.
Compensation & Benefits:

• HIRING SALARY RANGE: $142,500 - $180,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)
• This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, copy and paste https://bit.ly/3pNSnxv into your browser or visit our careers site.

US CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED
Ball Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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