Linux System Engineer
$87,100–$157,450 year
On-siteOklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Job Summary
Install, configure, maintain, and patch physical and virtual Linux servers while monitoring performance to ensure high availability and operational readiness. Manage operating system updates, security hardening, and configuration changes per DoD policies, and support backups, disaster recovery, and data integrity. Administer user accounts, resolve infrastructure incidents, and collaborate on system deployments, software integration, and infrastructure modernization. Maintain accurate documentation and configuration records. This role requires 100% on-site support in Oklahoma City, OK, with a Top Secret clearance and SCI eligibility. You will help build foundational platforms for mission-critical systems, improving automation and reliability across enterprise environments.
Required Qualifications
- US Citizen
- Top Secret clearance
- ability to obtain a SCI prior to your start date
- Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience
- Master's degree with 2+ years of experience
- Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
- DoD 8140 Intermediate certification
- DoD 8570 IAM Level II certification (or higher)
- Foundational experience with cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure
- Experience administering Linux and Windows environments
- networking fundamentals
- common protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, SSL/TLS, SMTP, DNS)
- Problem-solving and analytical skills
- ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguous or unstructured information
- Self-starter
- work independently
- excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- 100% on-site support in Oklahoma City, OK
Desired Qualifications
- US Citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance
- Linux certifications (RHCSA, RHCE, CompTIA Linux+)
- Experience administering Red Hat Satellite
- Experience with virtualization platforms, including VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V
- Experience with enterprise infrastructure services, including PKI, certificate management, RSA Authentication Manager, RDS, and VDI
- Experience automating system administration using Ansible, including developing custom playbooks
- Familiarity with ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow and Jira Service Management
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