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Principal Linux Engineer
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
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| Location | Newport, RI, USA |
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| Salary | $102400 – $153600 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of experience OR Master’s Degree with 3 years of experience OR High School diploma with 9 years’ experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
- Familiar with bash scripting.
- Familiar with virtualization technologies, preferably Red Hat KVM (e.g., Red Hat KVM, VMware, libvirt/virsh)
- Familiar with Networking (OSI Network Layers, TCP/IP, DHCP)
- US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
- Ability to work on site at Middletown RI.
Responsibilities
- Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, system services, application software and system management tools for Linux systems, both natively and within virtual machines
- Work with team to monitor and test applications, virtual machines, and containers to identify issues with installation and performance.
- Troubleshoot Information Technology (IT) Systems to diagnose and suggest/implement potential solutions.
- Support physical hardware installation of IT computing equipment and cabling at both local and remote sites.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active Security Clearance
- Current IAT Level I Certifications
- Experience with Cisco switch/router configuration development and deployment
- Experience with System Build Automation Tools (Linux kickstart, Puppet, Windows Deployment Server (WDS)
- Computer/Electronics Hardware knowledge
- Intel server configurations
- Configuration management experience with both centralized and distributed version control systems (e.g., SVN and Git)
- Experience with submarine tactical systems.
- Navy junior officer experience.
