Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Leidos•Alexandria, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) program at Leidos is looking to add a Senior Linux Systems Administrator. Our mission is to develop tools for the United States Department of Defense test and training communities, to increase the speed of the development cycle, to get capabilities to the warfighter more rapidly. The Sr. System Administrator will work within a team engineers, developers and system administrators adding new capabilities to our enclaves, as well as ensuring the existing systems are secure and performing as intended. This position is located in Alexandria, VA and you must be able to work on site as needed. There is an ability to telework 2-3 days a week. All candidates must be within a reasonable driving distance to the work location to be considered.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with 8+ years of experience or a Master’s Degree with 6+ years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain at least a DoD Secret clearance within 120 days of your employment.
8+ years of relevant experience doing system administration on Linux servers, networking equipment and security monitoring equipment.
DoD 8570 IAT level I compliant

Nice To Haves

US Citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance or higher and the ability to maintain that clearance during your employment.
10+ years of experience providing Red Hat System Administration to DoD IT systems
DoD 8570 IAT level III compliant
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Responsibilities

Provide support for installing and maintaining Linux servers
Provide technical leadership for migrating on premise infrastructure to hybrid cloud solution.
Provide support for troubleshooting from OS to application level issues
Manage networking equipment including switches, routers and firewalls
Manage configuration and maintenance of core enclave infrastructure services including DCHP, DNS, e-mail, Apache Web Servers, Tomcat application servers, Atlassian applications, MariaDB database servers.
Configure and monitor security tools required for DoD networks.
Participate and contribute to design discussions related to improving the capabilities, performance and security posture of new and existing services