Linux Administrators (TS/SCI) - Panama Day Shift

Aqua IT; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aqua IT in Chantilly, VA is hiring a Systems Administrator to design, deploy, and support cloud initiatives for customer-driven needs. You will manage user accounts, define network requirements, and ensure secure, patched Linux environments across multiple stages.

The role requires 2+ years of Linux administration experience, strong communication skills, and hands-on use of Jira/Confluence/RocketChat in collaborative settings. Security compliance and agile teamwork are key expectations.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 2+ years of professional Systems Administrator experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives to support customer driven needs.
• Responsible for user account management and infrastructure requirements.
• Maintain program owned applications in support of a collaborative environment (JIRA, Atlassian, BitBucket, RocketChat).
• Work to define network requirements, user metrics, maintenance of PPSM, and support to development needs.
• Responsible for infrastructure patching and OS baseline hardening.
• Manage several environments as a Linux Admin providing overall support to the program and working with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Self-starter

Team collaboration

Agile tooling familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2)

Jira

Confluence

RocketChat

Linux

Job description

• Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives to support customer driven needs
• Responsible for user account management and infrastructure requirements.
• Maintain program owned applications in support of a collaborative environment (JIRA, Atlassian, BitBucket, RocketChat)
• Work to define network requirements, user metrics, maintenance of our PPSM, and support to development needs.
• Responsible for infrastructure patching and OS baseline hardening
• Manage several environments as a Linux Admin providing overall support to the program and working with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance + Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 2+ years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role.
• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
• Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, network diagrams, data flows, etc.)
• Experience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)
• Strong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with AWS and other cloud vendors.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services technical performance versus cost management
• Experience with cloud-based architectures
• Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels
• Experience with automated testing and monitoring
• Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management