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Your impact
Founded in 2015, Knack Works was formed to address the demand for cutting-edge development environments within the intelligence community. Knack Works is focused on providing scalable, automated solutions that enable our customers to perform their national security missions in an ever-changing environment of new technologies and evolving threats. Our flagship product, the “Knack Stack,” introduces flexible and automated hybrid cloud infrastructure as a service for cloud-agnostic deployments and automation. It's designed to automate data management and security. Today, we are fortunate to realize our vision. We operate independently as Knack Works, a subsidiary of Jacobs, retaining our identity as a small business yet with support from a large company.
Knack Works is seeking a System Administrator, passionate about formulating new solutions to join our on-site team in Northern Virginia. The candidate should demonstrate a team-driven approach towards growth and innovation in a culture that fosters collaboration and camaraderie. Additionally, an investigative nature, interest in expanding skills beyond traditional experiences, and the aptitude to identify and advance new development opportunities. Our team manages several complex platforms, spanning multiple projects and customers.
Here's what you'll need
- Work on-site in Northern Virginia
- Familiar with CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous deployment) frameworks
- Familiar with RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux system administration
- Understanding of container orchestration using Kubernetes
- Proficiency with Git-based processing
- Basic Atlassian suite task tracking systems (Jira and Confluence)
- Familiar with supporting data center operations
- Familiar with installing and uninstalling IT hardware
- Familiar with IT rack management including developing and maintaining rack elevations and cabling diagrams
- Familiar with firmware and OS system patch management and application
- Familiar with documenting issues/resolutions and using ticketing systems
- Familiar with managing Hardware and Software Bill of Material and Hardware and Software Warrantees/renewals
- Willing to obtain an TS/SCI with ability to get CI
- BA/BS Business Information Technology, BA/BS Computer Science or BA/BS Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 1+ years relevant technical experience
Preferred
- Experience with advanced orchestration on cloud platforms
- Experience in AWS cloud platforms and associated tools
- Experience operating within the sensitive government operational environment
- Familiarity with Agile principles and application
- Familiarity with Python and Go development tools
