Software Integration Engineer

Job Description

Software Integration Engineer (All Levels)

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Team

Locations: Maryland and Utah

Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required

Position Overview

Open Systems Technologies Corporation (OST) is seeking Software Integration Engineers to support a mission-focused Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. These funded positions support critical mission operations infrastructure and customer-facing environments through automation, monitoring, resiliency engineering, and troubleshooting activities.

This role offers the opportunity to work across modern Linux environments while supporting enterprise-scale monitoring, automation, and operational tooling.

Responsibilities

Support mission operations infrastructure tooling, including automation, alerting, monitoring, and resiliency initiatives.
Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain customer programming use cases.
Perform Linux system administration activities across multiple distributions.
Develop and maintain automation solutions using Salt and Ansible.
Create and support monitoring solutions utilizing Nagios, Thruk, Prometheus, Splunk, and Grafana.
Troubleshoot system performance and operational issues in mission-critical environments.
Support software integration efforts and infrastructure deployments.
Manage and maintain code repositories and development workflows.
Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to improve system reliability and efficiency.

Note: Candidates should expect to spend up to 50% of their day initially performing Linux system administration tasks to gain familiarity with the operational environment and supported systems.

Required Qualifications

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
U.S. Citizenship.
Experience administering Linux operating systems, including:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
CentOS
Rocky Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
Ubuntu
Experience with one or more of the following programming/scripting languages:
Python
C
Bash
Experience with Linux system administration, troubleshooting, and operational support.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced mission environment.
Desired Qualifications

Experience with any of the following technologies is highly desired:

Thruk dashboards
Nagios monitoring and plugin development
Splunk dashboard integration and management
Prometheus
Grafana
Salt
Ansible
GitBucket
Jira
Confluence
Slurm

Benefits

OST has been providing mission-critical support to Government agencies since 1996 and offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

3 Weeks Paid Time Off
11 Federal Holidays
Medical and Dental Coverage
Short-Term Disability (STD)
Long-Term Disability (LTD)
Life Insurance
Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage
401(k) with up to 4% Company Match

About OST

Open Systems Technologies Corporation (OST) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to delivering innovative technology solutions and exceptional support to our Government customers. We value technical excellence, integrity, and collaboration while providing employees with opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

We request Priority Protected Veteran & Disabled Referrals for all of our locations within the state.

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