Lead Linux System Engineer: Secrets & IAM Automation

Beyond SOF; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Beyond SOF is seeking a System Engineer to serve as the technical lead for planning, deploying, and documenting the Delinea Tools Suite across the organization’s Linux environments.

You will translate security and operational requirements into effective privileged access and secrets management solutions, design deployment strategies, and maintain comprehensive documentation to support audits, sustainment, and future expansion.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux CLI and overarching Linux tools.
• Scripting in Bash and Python to automate manual processes.
• System administration in large-scale Linux environments with COTS/GOTS/FOSS.
• Strong Linux engineering background (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Hands-on experience deploying Delinea products (Secret Server, Privilege Manager, DevOps Secrets Vault).
• Ability to produce clear documentation for architecture, configuration, and operations.
• Familiar with IAM concepts, PAM, least-privilege, and secure configurations.
• Experience integrating Linux with LDAP/AD/FreeIPA.
• Strong problem-solving for enterprise systems, authentication pipelines, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with IaC and automation tools (Ansible, SaltStack).
• Familiar with API-driven integrations and secrets management in CI/CD workflows.
• Understanding of Docker/Podman and container secret-handling patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, deployment, and documentation of Delinea Tools Suite across Linux environments.
• Translate security and operational requirements into privileged access and secrets management solutions.
• Design deployment strategies aligned with architecture and sustainment needs.
• Maintain documentation to support audits, sustainment, and future expansion.

Skills

Linux CLI

Bash/Python scripting

System administration

Linux systems engineering

Documentation

IAM concepts

LDAP/AD/FreeIPA integration

problem-solving

IaC (Ansible, SaltStack)

CI/CD secrets integrations

Docker/Podman containerization

Tools

Ansible

SaltStack

Docker

Podman

Job description

Beyond SOF is seeking a System Engineer to serve as the technical lead for planning, deploying, and documenting the Delinea Tools Suite across the organization’s Linux environments.

You will translate security and operational requirements into effective privileged access and secrets management solutions, design deployment strategies, and maintain comprehensive documentation to support audits, sustainment, and future expansion.