REQ#: RQ203234Public Trust: MBI (T2) Requisition Type: Regular Your Impact

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being of U.S. citizens.

Job Description

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Systems Analyst Sr. Advisor supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Systems Analyst Sr. Advisor, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Systems Analyst Sr. Advisor resource joining our team to provide engineering support for Middleware platforms which support many key revenue generating, mail moving and tracking applications.  This work this is essential to the postal service and is growing as postal service modernize technology platforms and improve availability and resiliency of its platforms.

HOW A SYSTEMS ANALYST SR. ADVISOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

Provides technical knowledge and analysis of highly specialized applications and operational environments, high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation and implementation advice on exceptionally complex problems that need extensive knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementationSupport a multi-tenant Kubernetes platform ecosystem for on-premises and cloud service providers (Azure, Aws and GCP)  Lead container adoption and onboarding of applications on to platformDevelop and maintain provisioning and application on-boarding processPrepare, test & release software patches as per the schedule determined by USPSResearch and respond to security vulnerabilities and provide remediationProvide Tier 3 support for issues escalated from operations teamWork with vendors to troubleshoot and implementation of new solutionsCreate and maintain documentation and SOPsSetup DevOps pipeline for automated deploymentDaily support of escalated incidents, changesManage new and renewal security certificatesWork on special projects as assignedSupport Kubernetes/Rancher platform hosted in on-premises datacenter hosting business critical applications

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education:

Bachelor's degree in a Computer Science or related technical discipline – required

Required Experience:

10+ years of experience with application development

Required Skills & Abilities:

Hands-on experience with DevOpsExperience with Azure (preferred), AWS and/or GCPExperience with multiple vendor solutions like Rancher, GKE, AKS, EKS, ROSAExperience with Podman/DockerIngres/Egress Controller ConfigurationWrite automation with Ansible/Terraform or similar toolsDesign/Implementation of service mesh//IstioProvision Rancher/Kubernetes clusterService Mesh/Istio configuration and supportPerformance monitoring using PrometheusLinux server configuration, maintenance, and troubleshootingExperience with WebSphere Application Server (WAS), Tomcat, WildFly, Kafka, and ZooKeeper configuration and troubleshootingKubernetes/Rancher experienceExperience in middleware support is a plusPossesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments.Proficiency in the use of one or more specific technologies, depending on job assignment.Good troubleshooting skills for Unix shell scripting, Ansible playbooksFamiliar with RedHat/AWX Tower

Certifications:

Certification in any cloud platformCertifications in automation tools like Ansible and Terraform, are helpful but not required

Security Clearance Level:

Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearanceThe security clearance for this program requires the selected candidate to be a U.S. Citizen and to have resided in the US for the past five years. The selected candidate cannot have left the country for longer than 90 consecutive days and no more than 180 cumulative days.

Location:

Preference is to have a candidate located in Eagan, MN. Will consider remote.