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.
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
- U.S. Citizenship
- Experience administering Linux operating systems (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, SLES, Ubuntu)
- Experience with one or more programming/scripting languages: Python, C, Bash
- Linux system administration, troubleshooting, and operational support experience
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced mission environment
What We Do
Open Systems Technologies Corporation is a technology solutions provider serving large enterprises and government entities. Founded in 1996, it delivers customized software development, technical assistance, systems integration, and enterprise security services. Its capabilities include cloud computing and virtualization, identity and access management, intrusion detection and monitoring, application performance monitoring, and other solutions that protect software assets and information-technology infrastructure across complex operational environments.
