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Job Summary:
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT), a leading defense software company, is seeking an Associate Linux Systems & Datacenter Infrastructure Engineer to support our Fall River, Massachusetts office. The role involves bridging the gap between academic/personal technology projects and advanced datacenter engineering, while executing daily operations and absorbing advanced skills in enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
• Assist with building, racking, stacking, and bringing new enterprise physical server systems online.
• Handle daily operational sysadmin tasks, including account provisioning, access controls, permissions management, and infrastructure triage.
• Learn to troubleshoot and resolve physical hardware component failures (drives, memory, power supplies) across enterprise server stacks.
• Troubleshoot localized physical and logical connection issues (checking links, verifying IP assignments, basic ping/traceroute diagnostics).
• Identify repetitive manual tasks and build out automated solutions using shell scripting (Bash) or Python to streamline routine administrative workflows.
• Assist with system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and applying security patches to maintain strict system integrity.
• Actively shadow senior engineering staff to master the Linux boot process, custom image generation, enterprise virtualization (VMware), and central storage architectures.
• Contribute to a vibrant team atmosphere built on camaraderie, mutual support, and a shared commitment to excellence, balancing hard work with community and fun.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, information systems, computer engineering, or related field of engineering, or equivalent hands-on technical background.
• 0–2 years of experience (relevant internships, dedicated university lab work, or complex personal technical projects will be heavily considered).
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time as needed.
• Physical capability and willingness to work hands-on in a physical datacenter environment (racking equipment, lifting servers, running cable runs).
• Demonstrated ability to shift from one project to another in an agile work environment.
• Ability to communicate technical approaches and details within small project teams.
• Ability to capture technical approaches, designs, block diagrams, and implementations in written and graphical form.
• All applicants must currently possess an active Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
• This is an on-site position. Requiring at least 5 days in office, based out of our Fall River, MA location.
Preferred:
• High Motivation & Curiosity: A strong internal drive to learn advanced infrastructure concepts and apply them practically.
• Personal Technical Projects: Experience building home labs, setting up personal servers, exploring open-source tools, or tinkering with Linux environments outside of classwork.
• Ownership & Urgency: A clear sense of responsibility for system availability and operational execution.
• Analytical Troubleshooting: Solid analytical abilities, coupled with the ability to methodically deconstruct a complex problem down to its root cause.
• Exposure to virtualization hypervisors (VMware ESXi, Proxmox, KVM) via academic labs or home projects.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools like Ansible or version control like Git.
• Basic classroom understanding of enterprise storage concepts (iSCSI, NFS) or networking concepts (VLANs, firewalls).
• Security+ or equivalent level I or II IAT/IAM certification (DoD Directives 8140/8570), VMware, or Red Hat certifications highly encouraged.
Company:
Innovative Defense Technologies is an information technology company that provides software testing and data analysis services. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in Arlington, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.