Junior Red Hat Linux Engineer for DoD ACAS & GEN Networks

Commitent; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CommIT Enterprises, Inc. is seeking a Junior Red Hat Linux Engineer to join the Quantico, VA team. The role focuses on supporting the ACAS design, installation, and maintenance for GEN networks, ensuring system hardening and compliance with DISA STIGs.

The candidate will work with Nessus, PVS, Ansible, and vSphere in a DoD environment, and will train operators and IA personnel to operate ACAS effectively.

Qualifications

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) expertise in an enterprise environment.
• Experience with STIGs, CAS, IAVA management and DoD security processes.
• Strong troubleshooting of SSH connections and kernel issues.
• Knowledge of virtualized environments including vSphere/ESXi.
• Experience with patching, RPM management, and Linux system hardening.

Responsibilities

• Install, patch, and harden operating systems and applications per DISA STIGs.
• Assess and document ACAS design for GEN networks with IP/host details.
• Create network diagrams using Visio and specify hardware/software requirements.
• Maintain Nessus scanners and PVS connectivity to Security Center.
• Develop or update SOPs for each ACAS solution and provide operator training.
• Generate reports and build Linux servers from DISA ISO images.

Skills

Red Hat Linux

SSH troubleshooting

LVM

VMware vSphere

Ansible

Nessus Manager

Nessus (PVS)

PVS

DISA STIGs

Patch management

Education

DoD 8570 IAT III or IAM II (CASP+, CCNP Security, CISA, GSE, CISSP [or Associate], CAP, GSLC, CISM, GCED, GCIH, CISO, HCISPP)

Tools

VMware vSphere

ESXi

Nessus

Satell ite 6.12+

Leapp

RHEL 7.x+

Ansible playbooks

Azure/AWS (cloud)

DISA STIGs tooling

Job description

CommIT Enterprises, Inc. is seeking a Junior Red Hat Linux Engineer to join the Quantico, VA team. The role focuses on supporting the ACAS design, installation, and maintenance for GEN networks, ensuring system hardening and compliance with DISA STIGs.

The candidate will work with Nessus, PVS, Ansible, and vSphere in a DoD environment, and will train operators and IA personnel to operate ACAS effectively.