Linux Systems Engineer

Leidos is seeking an experienced Linux Systems Engineer to provide support to a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations on the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements. , * Experience with Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, Oracle Weblogic, etc.)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role. \n, * Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills. \n, * Strong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management \n
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility. Willingness to be approved for a Top Secret/SCI CI Poly after hire\n, * Familiarity with Identity Federation, Single Sign-On, and authorization technologies (e.g. smart cards/Common Access Cards (CACs), SAML, OIDC, OAuth, Kerberos) \n

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• Provide support to Tier II personnel in resolving customer-facing issues. \n

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• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and mitigation for operational issues. Communicate findings with interested parties and establish a feedback loop to development. \n

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• Work as a subject matter expert (SME) to review user metrics, system health, overall performance checkouts, and implement proactive measures to support operational availability. \n

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• Develop scripts to accomplish operational tasks, and utilize playbook-based automation processes, as necessary. \n

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• Manage Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software products in several environments. \n

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• Work with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications. \n

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• Interface with customers and outside technical teams to diagnose and mitigate access issues. \n

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• Utilize abstract visualization skills to understand system workflows and identify bottlenecks. \n, n \n

• Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.) \n

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• Experience troubleshooting network-related issues (Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model levels 4-7) \n

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• Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.) \n

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• Experience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket) \n