Linux System Administrator

Linux System Administrator – Fairfax, VA – Up to $300,000 inc. benefits

Position: Linux System Administrator

Location: Fairfax, VA

Base Salary: $95,000 - $200,000 (Open to different experience levels)

Benefits: Additional benefits paid (401k + IBA) equal to 50% of base salary. 8 weeks PTO.

Clearance: TS/SCI minimum required

This corporation sits within a multi-billion-dollar organization operating on a global scale, employing 100,000+ people worldwide. They are a leading provider to the Intelligence and Defense communities within the US, servicing their clients through some of the most exciting contracts out there, which have been in place for 30+ years and counting.

They are well-established and regularly undergo continuous growth, hence their need for the full-time addition of a Linux System Administrator to be based at their Fairfax, VA HQ.

You will work on a large Linux enterprise system maintaining, upgrading, and providing support for operating systems and infrastructure. You will have experience in traditional bare metal and VM, looking to move more towards Cloud environments.

Much more information will be disclosed at interview stage surrounding complete responsibilities and project scopes.

Key Skills:

Linux System Administration (RHEL, CentOS preferred)

Kubernetes or Docker

CI/CD Pipelines

VMWare

Puppet/Ansible

Scripting and Programming Languages (Bash, Python etc.)

Debugging and resolving Hardware, OS, and Network issues

Servers, Blade Chassis, Fiber Channels, SANS

Cloud Environments and architecture

IT, System Administrator, Linux, RedHat, RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Scripting, Programming, Automation, Python, Bash, Shell, VMware, Networking, Security, Cloud, SAN, Server, Network, Engineer, Kubernetes, Puppet