- Fully Remote Position -
Position Description
Will be supporting mission-critical systems hosted on physical and virtual servers in an active clustering environment. Job duties include:

• Provide guidance and direction into the support of O&M activities and associated best practices.
• Participate in systems engineering activities (in a support role) which include one or more of the following: Concept of Operations formulation, requirements definition, system analysis and design, validation and verification, system integration and, system performance analysis.
• Manage and/or build RHEL 6, 7 & 8 development systems, physical and virtual
• Manage RabbitMQ message-broker services
• Manage on-prem Gitlab repository, Jira, Confluence systems
• Support Gitlab Ci pipeline process
• Provide general Linux user account support
• Manage MongoDB, PostgreSQL with PostGIS, MySQL/MariaDB clustered & replicated database systems that support high traffic websites
• Perform database backup and recovery
• Monitors performance, and provide capacity planning and scaling guidance
• Perform high end performance tuning for optimal applications and database performance
• Work directly with developmental staff while implementing applications or packages
• Maintains user security and overall application and database data integrity
• Provide emergency after hours support for mission critical apps as required (24x7 on-call rotations)
• Monitors system health and configurations in order to ensure system health and functionality as well as remediate problems/issues in a timely manner.
• Ability to present to executive management incident debriefs and root cause analysis reports.
• Must be familiar with source and artifact control, configuration and knowledge management.
• Be a customer advocate by consistently meeting, exceeding expectations and incorporating customer service into all aspects of work.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of operations experience in an enterprise setting, including demonstrated O&M experience (advanced troubleshooting, patching, hardening, etc.).
• 8+ years of linux expertise leading to RHEL7 & 8
• Extensive (5+ years) infrastructure and Linux/Unix based application support experience.
• 3+ years of progressive VMware experience.
• Able to perform rotational on-call support in a 24x7x365 operational environment.
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities effectively.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desired

• Current or previous government contract experience
• VMware VCP Certification
• Dell Infrastructure expertise
• Ansible Platform experience
• Satellite experience
• BigFix hands on experience (patching)
• NetApp experience
• ServiceNow experience

Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident and be able to pass a background investigation to obtain a security badge to enter the applicable government facility.
Education
BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, related discipline, or equivalent.
About the Work
The mission of the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency within the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is to provide weather, water and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, and its adjacent waters and oceans to protect life and property and to enhance the national economy.
The Weather and Climate Infrastructure Services (WCCIS) contract supports the NWS's Central Processing and Information Dissemination portfolios. The contract is managed by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Central Operations (NCO). WCCIS supports NCO's mission which is to deliver national and global weather, water, climate and space weather guidance, forecasts, warnings and analyses to a broad range of users and partners. These products and services respond to user needs to protect life and property, enhance the nation's economy, and support the nation's growing need for environmental information.
ERT is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer - All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
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Job Type: Full-time

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