Req ID: RQ203234
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)
Job Family: Systems Analysis
Skills:
Docker Kubernetes Architecture,IBM WebSphere MQ,Kubernetes,Microsoft Azure Cloud Services
Certifications:
Azure Fundamentals - Microsoft
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Systems Analyst Sr. Advisor supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Analyst Sr. Advisor , you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Systems Analyst Sr. Advisor resource joining our team to provide engineering support for Middleware platforms which support many key revenue generating, mail moving and tracking applications. This work this is essential to the postal service and is growing as postal service modernize technology platforms and improve availability and resiliency of its platforms.
HOW A SYSTEMS ANALYST SR. ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:
Provides technical knowledge and analysis of highly specialized applications and operational environments, high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation and implementation advice on exceptionally complex problems that need extensive knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementation
Support a multi-tenant Kubernetes platform ecosystem for on-premises and cloud service providers (Azure, Aws and GCP)
Lead container adoption and onboarding of applications on to platform
Develop and maintain provisioning and application on-boarding process
Prepare, test & release software patches as per the schedule determined by USPS
Research and respond to security vulnerabilities and provide remediation
Provide Tier 3 support for issues escalated from operations team
Work with vendors to troubleshoot and implementation of new solutions
Create and maintain documentation and SOPs
Setup DevOps pipeline for automated deployment
Daily support of escalated incidents, changes
Manage new and renewal security certificates
Work on special projects as assigned
Support Kubernetes/Rancher platform hosted in on-premises datacenter hosting business critical applications
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education :
Bachelor's degree in a Computer Science or related technical discipline - required
Required Experience :
10+ years of experience with application development
Required Skills & Abilities :
Hands-on experience with DevOps
Experience with Azure (preferred), AWS and/or GCP
Experience with multiple vendor solutions like Rancher, GKE, AKS, EKS, ROSA
Experience with Podman/Docker
Ingres/Egress Controller Configuration
Write automation with Ansible/Terraform or similar tools
Design/Implementation of service mesh//Istio
Provision Rancher/Kubernetes cluster
Service Mesh/Istio configuration and support
Performance monitoring using Prometheus
Linux server configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
Experience with WebSphere Application Server (WAS), Tomcat, WildFly, Kafka, and ZooKeeper configuration and troubleshooting
Kubernetes/Rancher experience
Experience in middleware support is a plus
Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments.
Proficiency in the use of one or more specific technologies, depending on job assignment.
Good troubleshooting skills for Unix shell scripting, Ansible playbooks
Familiar with RedHat/AWX Tower
Certifications:
Certification in any cloud platform
Certifications in automation tools like Ansible and Terraform, are helpful but not required
Security Clearance Level :
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
The security clearance for this program requires the selected candidate to be a U.S. Citizen and to have resided in the US for the past five years. The selected candidate cannot have left the country for longer than 90 consecutive days and no more than 180 cumulative days.
Location :
Preference is to have a candidate located in Eagan, MN. Will consider remote.
The likely salary range for this position is $146,536 - $155,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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