Deadline Date: Wednesday 22 May 2024
Requirement: Linux Engineer
Location: Mons, BE
Full Time On-Site: Yes
Time On-Site: 100%
Total Scope of the request (hours): 836
Required Start Date: 1 July 2024
End Contract Date: 31 December 2024
Required Security Clearance: NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET
Duties and Role:
As Linux Engineer, the incumbent will be responsible for installing and monitor Unix/Linux open-source operating systems and specific apps according to NCIRC NCSC. The Linux Engineer will be responsible also for resolving user issues, address change management requests, and identifies potential issues by implementing protective and security measures.
The Linux Engineer reports to the Head, Platform Infrastructure Management Section to support underlying platforms and supporting engineers within Infrastructure Branch
Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Perform scheduled checks of the NCSC enterprise Linux environments, including health checks and auditing of system logs as needed to ensure the performance and availability of NCSC Services are meeting established service levels on the Linux environment;
- Improve environments with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) with existing and suggested tools;
- Support the Engineering team on the software deployment;
- Share knowledge and support communication with all engineering teams
- Daily work on SSH, Ansible, GIT, Packaging, Python, BASH scripts to operate the NCSC physical and virtual environments (deploy, consolidate, migrate);
- Ability to troubleshoot system issues, analyse log files, and perform performance tuning on Linux servers.
- Performs other duties as may be required;
Specific Working Conditions: The work will be executed on site at the NCI Agency offices at SHAPE, Mons, Belgium. Normal office environment with standard working hours, Out of hours working will be required to support established maintenance activities. Exceptionally may be contacted during out-of-hours periods to support delivery of critical services
Requirements
Skill, Knowledge & Experience:
- The candidate must have a currently active NATO COSMIC TOP SECRET security clearance
- Experience with Linux server administration, including installation, packaging, configuration, and maintenance of servers especially on RHEL and Ubuntu;
- Software engineering skills including programming and/or scripting knowledge, Python, Bash/Shell scripting;
- Strong experience with configuration management tools like Ansible for managing infrastructure as code.
- Strong understanding of Red Hat Satellite or similar application;
- Familiarity with virtualization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and virtual machines (VMs).
- Proven ability to understand and design how different system layers (Application, Container, Network and Infra) work together and interact;
Desirable:
- Prior experience with information security standards and practices;
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RCHA) preferred or similar;
- Understanding of security best practices and experience in implementing security measures on Linux systems (e.g., firewalls, encryption, access control).
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements;
- Supporting the DevOps approach in large organization;
- Continuous learning and staying updated with the latest trends and technologies in the Linux ecosystem;
