Systems Engineer

Que Technology Group, Inc., is seeking a motivated Systems Engineer to join a large, mixed contractor and civilian team of System Administrators and Systems Engineers supporting DevOps and live operational systems, largely third-party. All supported systems are Linux physical servers or virtual machines in a backend environment serving Mission and Operations users and their desktops., * Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux physical servers and virtual machines supporting DevOps and live operational systems

• Monitor system health and respond to mission-critical updates and hot issues communicated through team channels and email
• Work and resolve tickets in Jira according to team priorities
• Support backend services for Mission and Operations users and desktops, including authentication, DNS, share drives, and home directories
• Perform STE/STN and DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems
• Support Kubernetes, container, and cloud environments
• Automate administration tasks using tools such as Ansible and Salt, along with Bash, Python, and Perl scripting
• Manage virtualization, IP networking, and firewall components supporting the environment
• Coordinate with System Administrators, Systems Engineers, and civilian leadership across the team

• Bachelor’s degree with at least ten (10) years of experience as a Systems Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Five (5) additional years of Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for the degree.
• Linux administration experience sufficient to meet the years required for the labor category.
• Solid experience with STE/STN and DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Salt).
• Scripting experience (e.g., Bash, Python, Perl).
• Virtualization experience (e.g., VMware, Red Hat KVM, Proxmox).
• IP networking and firewall experience.
• Some experience with container and cloud environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with storage management solutions and arrays (e.g., NetApp, Isilon).
• Hyper-converged infrastructure experience (e.g., Harvester, Nutanix, Cisco HyperFlex).

Security Clearance:

• Active Top Secret clearance with a Polygraph

• Competitive salary
• Company-paid Gold Medical plan for employees and their families, plus Dental/Vision plans - Company paid
• Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance - Company paid
• Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
• Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
• Paid Federal Holidays - 11 days
• $1,000 annual holiday bonus
• Retention bonuses: $5,000 at 5 years, $8,000 at 8 years, and $10,000 at 10 years
• $5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
• 401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
• Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
• Up to 3 paid Code Red days for weather or government closures