Senior Consultant, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL)

480 hours
Onsite in Jessup, MD
TS/SCI Ful Scope Polygraph Clearance required - MUST BE held by MPO

Job Description:
Senior Consultant: MPO - TakeFive

Must hold an Active Top Secret SCI Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph held by the MPO customer. CI Polygraph within the last five years.

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.

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)

About Us
Northern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company.

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