Systems Engineer - SME (Linux)

KDA Consulting is a Disabled Veteran, Woman-Owned, Certified Disadvantaged Small Business, comprised of a diverse team of professionals driven to tackle the demanding National Defense and Intelligence challenges through IT solutions.  We emphasize teamwork and focus on achieving goals to complete deliverables efficiently, on-time, and under budget. 

We are currently seeking a Systems Engineer – SME (Linux) to join our team.

Primary Job Duties & Required Job Qualifications:

·        Experience in Linux and Windows Server operating environments ideally for an enterprise data operational environment.

·        Expert level experience utilizing capabilities in Linux to manage and create custom solutions to enable data management across various data types

·        Experience with data queuing and processing as well as moving data across separate domains cross domain solutions

·        Experience managing data flow using NiFi or similar products

·        Experience managing and administering Splunk in a large-scale enterprise clustered environment

·        Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS): EC2, S3 and EFS storage

·        Ability to respond to occasional 24x7 support

·        Experience managing cloud-based and on-premises systems

·        Customer service oriented, attentive to detail, self-motivated and work well in teams.

·        Flexibility in approach to finding solutions, the ability to understand and act on the customer needs and priorities, and learn new technologies quickly.

Preferred Skills:

·        ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Virtual machine (VM) technologies (ESXi, VCenter, VSphere)

·        Experience with deploying and managing SIEM systems

·        Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) experience in managing diverse system data

·        Experience supporting a DevOps framework

·        Experience architecting solutions with out-of-the-box thinking for improvements and efficiencies

Desired Certifications:

·        Certified Splunk Administrator or Architect

Job Requirements

·        Active TS/SCI + Full Scope Poly U.S. Government Security is required

·        Bachelor’s Degree

·        16 years minimum of relevant professional work experience

·        Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality

·        Strong interpersonal skills, especially the ability to network and establish professional relationships

·        Ability to prioritize, demonstrated strong organizational skills, and ability to meet or exceed deadlines

Physical Demands: Position will require frequent sitting, standing, and/or mobility within an office setting.  Employee must be able to use hands to complete work at a workstation/computer, be able to reach, type and manipulate with hands, fingers, and arms; lift and/or move up to 20 pounds; talk, see and hear.

Work Environment: Work is performed on client site in a professional office environment with moderate stress and noise levels.  Position requires employee to effectively use a computer, potentially for long periods of time, and to accommodate potentially frequent interruptions.  Candidate should be both customer-focused and present a team approach to overall work.

Schedule:  Business core hours are Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. Standard work hours may vary for this position based upon contract requirements. Position will be located onsite at a customer facility in Herndon, VA. 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): KDA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, KDA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations in the hiring process. We encourage qualified individuals with disabilities to apply. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact our HR team at  hr@kda-consulting.com. For persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or deaf-disabled, KDA will provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter where needed as a reasonable accommodation for the hiring processes.

EEOC: KDA is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.