IT Engineer III - Linux​/Containers; TS​/SCI w​/Polygraph

Description

COMSO, Inc. is a powerhouse when it comes to empowering federal government stakeholders to fulfill their mission with confidence and efficiency. Our staff brings knowledgeable IT systems expertise, software development proficiency, innovative learning solutions for workforce development, and exceptional operations and production support. We were founded in 1988, and remain a recognized woman owned small business, operating in several states including Maryland, Georgia, Hawaii, Texas, and Alaska.

We are honored to be recognized as a Top Workplace for eight years running by the Baltimore Sun Media Group.

SECURITY CLEARANCE IS

REQUIRED:

TS/SCI w/ POLYGRAPH BEFORE CONSIDERATION

As an IT Engineer II, you will work with a team of IT professionals supporting a next-generation collaboration capability in a secure, mission-critical environment. This high-visibility capability integrates modern commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software to support mission requirements across the Intelligence Community (IC).

You will support the implementation, security, integration, troubleshooting, and sustainment of enterprise IT capabilities across multiple security domains. Working with Government stakeholders, mission analysts, data owners, developers, and other technical teams, you will help translate requirements into reliable and supportable infrastructure and mission capabilities.

This position has a strong Linux engineering foundation with an emphasis on container infrastructure and modern enterprise technologies. You will administer and troubleshoot Red Hat Linux systems and Linux-based COTS applications while supporting the deployment, security, operation, and sustainment of containerized workloads.

The successful candidate will understand how the various layers of an enterprise environment work together—from hardware, virtualization, networking, and storage through Linux, container infrastructure, security, and applications. As capabilities move into production, you will support monitoring, performance optimization, incident resolution, sustainment, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline, with 12 years of relevant IT experience.
• A Master’s degree in a related discipline may substitute for 2 years of experience, reducing the requirement to 10 years of relevant IT experience.
• Four additional years of relevant IT experience may substitute for the Bachelor’s degree, for a total requirement of 16 years of relevant IT experience in lieu of a degree.

• Strong Red Hat Linux system administration experience.
• Experience with Linux security hardening, patching, OS upgrades, package management, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting containerized applications and container infrastructure in enterprise or production environments.

Working knowledge of container concepts and technologies including:

• Container images and registries
• Container deployment and lifecycle management
• Container networking
• Persistent storage
• Container security
• Resource management
• Troubleshooting and log analysis

• Experience troubleshooting enterprise infrastructure across Linux operating systems, virtualization, networking, storage, container platforms, and applications.
• Understanding of virtualization, compute, storage, and network infrastructure.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex problems across multiple infrastructure and application layers.
• Experience working in secure, enterprise, or mission-critical environments.
• Ability to develop or use scripting and automation to improve operational efficiency.

• Perform Linux system…