Junior Systems Engineer (BID)

Le’fant is a rapidly growing CVE Certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business specializing in management consulting for the federal government. Our compensation and benefits plans are designed to attract and retain the industries best talent to provide the highest quality services to the Federal Government. We offer 40lK matching, customized health plans, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, an incentives program to recognize exceptional behavior and competitive base salaries. We hire the best to provide the best service.

Le'fant is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to support operations at The Charleston Digital Hub in the Charleston, SC area. This is a remote position and can be done from anywhere in the U.S. The is a Junior level position and the salary will range from 48-58K depending on experience.

The Charleston Digital Hub is a software development hub that operates and executes much like a fast-paced startup within the larger organization. We thrive in a high-energy, open office atmosphere that fosters creativity and innovation. We wakeup in the morning ready to have fun and talk tech. We have dogs in the office and ping pong in the breakroom, but most importantly - we focus on surrounding our team members with people who are enthusiastic about working, learning, and growing, and most importantly, having fun together!

Description:

As a System Engineer on our team, you’ll use your experience to streamline our software development life cycle from requirements to monitoring in production. You’ll lead efforts to incorporate open-source tools, automation, and cloud resources to cut down on tedious, boring tasks and free up the teams to do what they do best – innovate. You’ll implement continuous integration and delivery to limit manual testing and troubleshooting. This is an opportunity to broaden your skillset into areas like automation, cloud-based development, and open-source tools. As a technical leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to build solutions to help your customers meet their toughest challenges.

You Have:

A bachelors degree in computer science, electrical engineering or other engineering or technical discipline OR 8 years of relevant experience may be substituted for education.

· 1+ years supporting Linux systems engineering efforts in system design and evaluation, solution engineering, software development, or system administration

· 1+ years of experience as an administrator for one of the following container platforms: Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and/or EKS

· 1+ years of experience with advanced scripting languages, including how to write infrastructure as code and the development of custom scripts to automate capabilities including the use of Ansible, Python, Bash, and Terraform

· Experience with a complex build system

· Knowledge of Agile methodologies or the software development life cycle (SDLC)

Nice If You Have:

· Experience with developing back-end software applications

· Experience with leveraging Cloud service providers, including AWS and Azure, to create automated DevSecOps pipelines

· Experience with configuring an Opensearch cluster and managing index lifecycle

· Knowledge of security scanning tools, configuring their use and working with teams to fix vulnerabilities 

· Knowledge of Java

EEO Statement:

It has been and will continue to be a fundamental philosophy and policy of Le’fant not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion sex, gender, sexual orientation, sexual gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, parental status, marital status, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status or any other protected category with respect to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment