Senior Infrastructure Engineer- Hybrid Alexandria, VA
Arlington, VA, United States
Senior Infrastructure Engineer- Hybrid Alexandria, VA
Arlington, Virginia
Hybrid
Contract
$60/hr - $70/hr
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
This company is in search of a skilled and motivated infrastructure engineer to oversee their hybrid cloud infrastructure and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality service to both software engineering and operations teams. The infrastructure team plays a crucial role in supporting, delivering, and maintaining bare metal, VMWare, and cloud servers, along with related infrastructure components. Their primary objective is to ensure exceptional availability for our software engineering teams, who operate within a DevOps culture, as well as to provide reliable Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products for external business units.
This position will remain remote, but would prefer the candidate to be local to the DMV Area.
What You Will Be Doing:
Manage both physical and virtual server infrastructure across primary and disaster recovery data centers.
Implement scripting and automation techniques to streamline core processes, enhancing efficiency and platform availability.
Develop and uphold monitoring solutions for critical systems and services, ensuring their continuous performance.
Oversee operating systems, primarily Linux, handling patching, updates, installation, and configuration.
Conduct thorough root cause analysis and implement necessary remediation strategies in response to system failures, errors, and performance issues.
Architect, expand, and maintain private, public, and hybrid cloud infrastructure to meet organizational needs.
Design and maintain accessible infrastructure for operational and engineering staff usage.
Provide general administration support for Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications hosted on servers.
Ensure staff members possess appropriate operating system and application permissions necessary for their job responsibilities.
Required Skills & Experience:
Proficiency in scripting for automation with Bash, Python, Groovy, or other relevant languages.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field preferred.
A minimum of 8 years of experience administering enterprise servers and storage, site reliability engineering or equivalent.
Familiarity with configuration management systems like Ansible, Chef, or Salt.
Demonstrated expertise in managing Linux servers and infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
Experience in administering database technologies, encompassing MySQL and MSSQL.
Understanding of private, public, and hybrid cloud concepts.
Competence in patch management for extensive host networks.
Skill in Linux operating system fortification and security remediation.
Administration experience with VMWare and Storage Area Network (SAN) systems.
Ability to utilize system monitoring tools such as Nagios or Sensu Go.
Proficiency in administering network attached storage environments.
Capacity to swiftly learn and implement new open-source and commercial off-the-shelf tools.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Adaptability and flexibility in an agile work environment.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
This position doesn’t provide sponsorship.
You will receive the following benefits:
Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
Vision Benefits
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
Hospital Indemnity Insurance
401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
Paid Sick Time Leave
Legal and Identity Protection Plans
Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.
Posted by: Ashton Corbett
Specialization: Security Operations