Riverside Research · 1 day ago
DevOps Engineer / Linux Administrator
Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. The company is seeking a highly skilled and experienced DevOps Engineer to support software product deployments and optimize operations within the organization.
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Responsibilities
Implementing, maintaining, and hardening Linux servers and virtual machines that host CI/CD tools and production environments, ensuring high availability and security compliance
Facilitating and executing software product deployments by collaborating with developers
Monitoring operations and applications, including using Linux-based logging and monitoring tools to diagnose and resolve performance issues
Assisting in automating and optimizing delivery and deployment of software products via Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Working/coordinating with multiple platform teams (i.e., customer, commercial, and company internal)
Helping product road map planning by communicating delivery and deployment dependencies and timelines
Helping orchestrate product integration with an emphasis on providing proactive identification and resolution of product dependencies and conflicts
Providing Tier 2 support for a VMware based environment that includes both Linux and Windows machines in distributed classified computer environments
Act as the liaison between the customer and IT management
Develop new and maintain existing installation and configuration procedures
Working knowledge installing, upgrading, and configuring hardware and software
Apply security updates/patches to Linux and Windows operation systems
Remediate monthly compliance scans
Repair and recover from hardware or software failures
Assist with management of communication security accounts and related devices
Coordinate with tier 3 functional roles within the information technology team as needed
Coordinate and communicate all significant information technology changes/outages with the appropriate parties such as the customer, management, and information security
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
5-7 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other related field of study
Secret clearance
DoD 8140 - Intermediate Certification (CompTIA Security+ or equivalent)
Strong, verifiable experience in Linux system administration, including configuration, patching, user management, and security hardening (e.g., DISA STIGs)
Experience with or on Linux or Unix based OS systems using common UNIX/Linux tools (ssh, tar, sed, grep, awk, vi, emacs, cron, etc...)
Experience as a DevOps Engineer including planning, advising on, and executing DevOps responsibilities and CI/CD solutions
Experience in command line environment (Bash)
Experience with build systems and maintaining tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, etc
Experience with source control management systems
Experience with Docker or Podman
Experience working on deployment environments including virtual machines
Experience with Python or similar languages
Self-motivated, detail oriented, responsible team player able to work independently with minimal daily direction; effective/efficient written/verbal communication skills
Ability to work and interact with technically and organizationally diverse personnel
Preferred
At least 5 years' experience performing systems administration
Experience across traditional IT stack (Clients, Networking, Servers, Storage)
Has applied STIGS to Linux operating systems, Windows operating systems, network devices, ESXi hosts, and required applications
Utilized an automation tool(s) to manage Linux environments as ansible
Experience working/developing in multi-domain, multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud environments
Benefits
Comprehensive compensation and benefit packages
Company
Riverside Research
Riverside Research is a non-profit scientific research institution to serve in the research, development, and operational needs of people
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$8.7M2013-08-22Grant· $8.7M
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2025-09-30
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