Hybrid Linux Systems Admin for Critical Ops & Patching

Govcio LLC; Kearneysville (WV); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The role requires DoD 8570 II level certs and RHCE/RHCSA, VMware vSphere familiarity, and scripting in Bash or Python. On-call rotation and security-focused maintenance are part of the responsibilities.

Qualifications

• You must have a High School diploma with 6–9 years of related experience.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher certification and a Linux certification (RHCE/RHCSA).
• 5+ years Linux Systems Administration experience with RHEL.
• Experience with VMware vSphere for VM provisioning and maintenance.
• Experience applying patches and DISA STIG compliance.
• Experience with Ansible playbooks and YAML scripting.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain RHEL servers across production environments.
• Handle daily virtualization operations with VMware vSphere.
• Execute automated patch cycles and apply configuration updates via TSSA.
• Maintain Ansible playbooks to streamline configurations.
• Enforce security baselines by patches and DISA STIG compliance.
• Monitor system performance and triage incidents; on-call rotation.

Skills

DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher

RHCE or RHCSA

Linux Administration

Patch management

DISA STIG

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Vulnerability scanning

Education

High School

Tools

VMware vSphere

BMC True Sight Server Automation

Ansible

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

The role requires DoD 8570 II level certs and RHCE/RHCSA, VMware vSphere familiarity, and scripting in Bash or Python. On-call rotation and security-focused maintenance are part of the responsibilities.