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Ensure integration of these systems with legacy systems. \nEssential Competencies and Attributes for Success:\nBachelor of Computer Science or a related field with 5+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining complex infrastructure systems. \nApplicable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:\nDemonstrated experience with system administration of Linux environments is required.\nExperience with installing, configuring, and administering on-premise air-gapped Kubernetes, is required.\nExperience with networking and software defined networking is required.\nExperience with system configuration management (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible) is required.\nExperience with version control management (e.g., git, GitHub, GitLab) is required.\nExperience implementing authorization tools and services (e.g., KeyCloak) is required.\nAbility to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing is required.\nExperience with GitOps methodologies is desired.\nExperience developing, managing, and using CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Runners, Jenkins) is required.\nExperience with cloud technologies is desired.\nProgramming experience (e.g., Python, Bash scripting, Go) is desired.\nExperience with Ceph or other distributed storage is desired.\nMust be self-motivated, have good social skills and time management skills to work with diverse groups of managers, engineers, and scientists.\nExperience working in a national laboratory environment is desirable.\nExperience with accelerator control systems is a plus.\nWork Arrangement:\nOnsite: This is an onsite role, and the candidate must be able to work from our Batavia office.\nBenefits/Perks:\nFermilab offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program, including:\nMedical, Dental, Vision and Flexible Spending Account\nPaid time-off\nLife insurance\nShort and Long-term disability insurance\nRetirement benefits\nOnsite day care\nWhy Fermilab:\nFermilab is America’s premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. 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