Lead IT Systems Engineer - Public Sector

Lumen Technologies is a company focused on connecting people, data, and applications. They are seeking a Lead IT Systems Engineer to lead and participate in system integration efforts, including design, testing, and implementation in cloud environments.

Responsibilities:

• The candidate will have demonstrated knowledge and experience in system architecture and engineering disciplines. Specific technical knowledge of enterprise level networking and network security
• Recommends optimized solutions to support current and long-range planning and collaborates with project team leads in the selection, recommendation and approvals of tools and technologies to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction
• Monitor, analyze, and resolve incidents for infrastructure running in Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services
• Deploy, configure, and administer systems in Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services
• Support and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containers
• Designs requirements-based technical solutions in support of new projects and assists with transition of the solution and design into production
• Evaluate, Build, Integrate, Test and Prepare systems for operational use and patches for rapid remediation and deployment
• Install new/rebuild existing systems and configure hardware, peripherals, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
• Experienced with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Gather and analyze metrics and customer feedback to formulate system requirements
• Evaluates and recommends future technologies and methodologies that will enhance future capabilities
• Develop and execute test plans and procedures based upon system security and functional requirements
• Analyzes, develops, recommends, implements, and supports innovative, cost effective IPS/IDS protection systems
• Familiar with Unix Scripting language like Ruby, Perl or advanced KSH scripting
• Operational knowledge of system products like VMware vSphere ESXi, Virtual Center, Elasticsearch, Postgres, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services
• Supports due diligence activities including site surveys, design, design review, bill of materials creation, statement of work creation, vendor negotiation and coordination, proposal generation, and proposal delivery
• Maintain existing applications by fixing, upgrading, and adding functionality as needed
• Quickly develop new applications as the need arises. These applications should follow appropriate best practices
• Assess existing applications for deficiencies such as slow performance and use of deprecated dependencies and come up with a plan for resolving
• Keep existing applications current with the version of the programming language and releases
• Perform application testing to ensure that new features work or that fixes have not caused any regressions
• Mentor teammates by helping them learn new technologies where needed
• Provide rapid operational support, troubleshooting, and resolution to production equipment

Requirements:

• 5+ years current Linux systems engineering experience (Redhat, CentOS, Rocky) and troubleshooting
• 3+ years of Kubernetes experience to include developing helm charts and deploying applications on Kubernetes
• 3+ years with Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services
• 5+ years with Elasticsearch experience to include indexing, clustering, managing, and troubleshooting
• 5+ years with automation in Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Knowledge and experience should include computer network operations, network access and protection techniques and technologies, security, encryption, and cross domain solutions
• Available 24/7 for Network Outages and Maintenance window work
• Ability to work with coworkers and customers to troubleshoot technical problems
• Ability to travel
• Candidate must be a US Citizen with an active Department of Defense TOP SECRET clearance