• System Administrator - Junior/Mid Level

    Jacobs (Chantilly, VA)


    Knack Works, a subsidiary of Jacobs, was created to address the demand for cutting-edge development environments within the intelligence community. Knack Works is focused on providing scalable, automated solutions that enable our customers to perform their national security missions in an ever-changing environment of new technologies and evolving threats. Our flagship product, the "Knack Stack," introduces flexible and automated hybrid cloud infrastructure as a service for cloud-agnostic deployments and automation. It's designed to automate data management and security. We are in search of a backend software engineer passionate about formulating new solutions, to join our on-site team in Northern Virginia. We live a team-driven approach towards growth and innovation in a culture that fosters collaboration and camaraderie.

     

    Experience with cloud technologies and DevOps (AWS, Kubernetes)

     

    Experience working as a systems maintainer

    Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) installation system administration

    * Experience with Python, Java or Go

    * Experience supporting implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of applications

     

    Apply knowledge of software engineering and best practices for full software development life cycle

     

    Optimize system operations and resource utilization, and perform system capacity analysis and planning

     

    Experience with ticketing to create, manage, and close-out development requirements

     

    Proactively make recommendations where manual processes can be automated

     

    DevOps experience, to include version control, automated builds, automated testing, and continuous integration with tools such as Gitlab.

     

    Self-starter with strong innovative and analytical ability

    Possess TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly

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