Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer Job at Maximus, Colorado Springs, CO

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  • Maximus
  • Colorado Springs, CO

Job Description

General information

Job Posting Title

Senior Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Engineer

Date

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

City

Colorado Springs

State

CO

Country

United States

Working time

Full-time

Description & Requirements

Empower mission-critical systems and safeguard our Homeland with Maximus—where innovation meets opportunity. 

 

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior RHEL Engineer to join our team. As a Senior RHEL Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the deployment and management of Red Hat OpenShift clusters, ensuring high availability and security. This role involves developing and maintaining automation scripts for system provisioning, configuration management, and deployment.

This position is on-site, five days a week and requires an active Secret clearance. 

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS136, T4, Band 7

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Architect and deploy containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
- Implement and optimize monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Loki, Grafana) for real-time tracking of application health.
- Transition OpenShift cluster operations from connected to partially disconnected environments, ensuring seamless deployment of critical security updates.
- Automate cluster provisioning and scaling to reduce deployment time and minimize human error.
- Manage and optimize multi-cluster OpenShift environments across production and development clusters, ensuring 99.99% uptime.
- Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions and update documentation to improve team expertise in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Manager and Kubernetes management.
- Integrate Red Hat Satellite for efficient patch management and system updates across multiple environments.
- Develop and implement disaster recovery plans and backup strategies for critical systems.
- Configure and manage network services (e.g., DNS, DHCP, NFS) within RHEL environments.
- Perform kernel tuning and system optimization to enhance performance and reliability.
- Implement and manage security policies using SELinux and firewall configurations.
- Conduct root cause analysis for system failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Implement and manage cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and network security.
- Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage to ensure cost efficiency and performance.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment and testing of applications in cloud environments.

Job-Specific  Requirements:

- An active Secret Clearance is required.
- Due to federal requirements, only US Citizens can be considered. Candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered.
- 7+ years of experience with hands on RHEL. Should demonstrate a solid RHEL career that advances throughout. 
- Demonstrated focus on system integrations, cloud technologies, and DevOps.
- 4+ years should include hands on OpenShift experience. .
- This is an on-site position at a government facility.
- Requires presence on-site five days per week in Colorado Springs, CO.
- Candidates must reside within a commutable distance.
- Participation in a rotational on-call schedule is required. 
- Other tasks as assigned
- Additional tasks to be assigned as needed. 

Preferred Skills and Qualifications: 

Recent experience under DHS.

RedHat certifications - RHCE, RedHat Certified - OpenShift, RHCSA, etc. 

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Minimum Requirements

TCS136, T4, Band 7

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.

Minimum Salary

$

80,000.00

Maximum Salary

$

140,000.00

Job Tags

Minimum wage, Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Work experience placement,

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