TSSCI POLY Sr. Consultant: OpenShift, Ansible & RHEL

Job Description

What you will do:

Implement automated, containerized solutions, with a focus on Red Hat OpenShift. Other areas of focus include, but not limited to, networking, storage, virtualization, security, logging, monitoring, and high availability and system resilience.

Continuously learn, grow, and adapt to new skills and technologies.

Travel weekly, Monday-Friday, to a client site in Jessup, Maryland.

Skills and Requirements

Associates or Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a technical discipline

Experience with Linux system administration, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 or later

Experience utilizing Red Hat Satellite to deploy and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.

Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation

Experience leading successful modern cloud platform enterprise-level projects

Bare-Metal Infrastructure: Deep Linux (RHEL) and automated hardware provisioning (BIOS/UEFI, RAID, BMC/Redfish, Kickstart/Cobbler).

Kubernetes/OpenShift: Cluster architecture, lifecycle management (IPI/UPI, Kubeadm), bare-metal deployment patterns (Metal3, Ironic), Day-2 operations, Operators, and GitOps.

Storage: Distributed/local storage, RAID/NVMe, performance tuning, and data management/DR (Velero, OADP, Ceph/ODF).

Automation & IaC: Strong proficiency in Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Helm). Scripting (Bash, Python, Go).

Security & Compliance: Linux/Kubernetes hardening (RBAC, SCC, network policies, TLS/PKI), and compliance standards (NIST, CIS).

Observability: Logging/monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and advanced platform/network troubleshooting (etcd, kernel, tcpdump).

Knowledge of common AddOns or third party tools. (Aria/vRealize Suite, SRM, Backup software, Performance tools)

Ability to lead design workshops, create clear documentation, and provide knowledge transfer for Day-0/1/2 planning.

Demonstrated track record of working in a strategic advisory role to senior IT and business executives

Deep expertise in Git

Applied knowledge and experience working in agile, scrum, and DevOps teams

Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills

IAT Level II Certification (Security+, SSCP, CCNA Security, etc)

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].