Software Systems Engineer V

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New ideas are all around us, but only a few will change the world. That's our focus  ask the biggest questions, then search the universe for answers-literally. We build upon ideas that have guided generations, then share our discoveries to inspire generations to come. Your mission-your opportunity-is to seek out the answers that bring us one step closer. If you're driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you're ready for JPL.

Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.

JPL is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to join the Enterprise Information Systems Special Programs Office in support of JPL's National Partnerships Office.

As part of the IT Special Programs team, the candidate will provide daily operational and expert support for highly available COTS and custom applications, systems, and platforms to solve a wide array of customer needs and requests and enable projects to perform and deliver on milestones and deadlines to non-NASA sponsors.

The Software Systems Engineer is responsible for effective installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of software and systems along with related support infrastructure. This individual also participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that software systems and related procedures adhere to organizational values and sponsor and cybersecurity requirements. Candidates must be self-starters and be able to solve complex problems with minimal supervision.

The Software Systems Engineer will:

* Provide expert support of cleared environment applications and services, as well as software and solution development capabilities, to include but not limited to:

* Experience maintaining core enterprise COTS and custom developed applications in highly available environments

* Experience automating deployment, patching, and configuration management using Ansible and integrating various technologies including VMware, Jenkins, and Ansible AWX

* Manage, maintain, and design deployment of various customer software support programs including Gitlab, Artifactory, Invgate Service Desk, Invgate Insights, and Atlassian products Jira and Confluence, including system engineering tools like JAMA and Teamwork Cloud, and engineering tools like Teamcenter and Thermal Desktop

* Deploy and maintain various authentication methods utilizing LDAP, Active Directory, Kerberos, SSO, and RSA multifactor authentication

* Develop middleware tools in Python, BASH, Power Shell to unify multiple disparate systems and simplify the process of account deployment. Other programming languages are a plus.

* Maintain storage and virtualization infrastructure on TrueNAS, Net App, VMware, and VergeIO

* Maintain container environments using Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad, and Podman

* Streamline OS upgrades in Red Hat Enterprise Linux utilizing Ansible for virtual and bare-metal workstations

* Demonstrate competence working in Agile development environments

* Contribute to the regular maintenance and support of many other enterprise applications as well as help to maintain the underlying application infrastructure in conjunction with the System Administrators

* Work with cross-functional teams, including development, operations and security teams to design and implement secure and scalable solutions within the classified environment

* Oversee and direct the work of other software engineers to ensure mission success and high availability of the IT infrastructure

* Provide Tier 2/3 (Escalation) problem identification, diagnosis and resolution of problems. Assist as needed with Tier 1 (Help Desk) and provide mentoring and leadership for Tier 1 staff

* Participate on teams in the analysis and design of new large-scale deployments of new and/or modifications to existing systems

* Perform high level analysis of software systems and requirements, processes, and characteristics for the purpose of ensuring efficient and effective software design and operation

* Evaluate system requirements regarding impact to existing environment and suggest improvements or alternatives

* Have extensive experience with IT security and related technologies to ensure compliance with regulations and government sponsor security requirements

* Must be accomplished in all areas of analysis, design, installation, implementation, configuration, tuning, administration, operation, and security of software systems

* Be available to work on-site in a team environment of internal and external co-workers

Candidate may be required to:

* Respond to after-hours requests as required in a 24 x 7 environment

* Be available to work non-standard hours; early hours, after hours, weeknights, or weekends as needed

Qualifications:

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