Linux System Administrator

Altamira Technologies Corp.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies Corp. is seeking a Linux systems administrator to support the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of mission-critical CDS applications. You will manage virtualization, Ansible automation, and dashboards, ensuring system health across a distributed environment.

The role entails monitoring, incident response, and collaboration with federal personnel to meet SLAs. A TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required, and compensation ranges reflect experience and

Qualifications

• Experience managing Linux systems in production environments, including virtualization, user management, and patching.
• Automation experience with Ansible playbooks for task automation and configuration management.
• Strong version control practices using Git and familiarity with software development workflows.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and scripting in Python or Bash.
• Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly; ability to interface with federal personnel.
• Familiarity with monitoring/incident response and SLA metrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide Linux system administration support for development, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of mission-critical apps and services.
• Maintain health of data transfer and message processing infrastructure; monitor performance and reliability.
• Develop and enhance data metrics collection and dashboards to support operator supervision.
• Assist with SNMP monitoring, incident response, and remediation of incidents across distributed Linux-based systems.

Skills

Red Hat Linux 7/8/9

Ansible

Git version control

Docker

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Virtualization (VMware ESXi/ProxMox)

Job description

Company Overview

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

We focus on recruiting talented, self‑motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we engineer national security!

Description

Candidates will work in a Linux environment for a Cross Domain Solution (CDS), contributing to its sustainment and evolution. This position requires the application of expertise on multiple complex scripting, development, and work‑around assignments that may be broad in nature and require originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks. Qualified candidates will have appreciable latitude in developing methodology, presenting solutions to problems, and contributing to deliverables.

Location

Chantilly, VA

The Role

Altamira requires Linux system administration support for the development, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of various mission‑critical applications and services. A primary focus of this position is to provide system administration, configuration, and support tools to maintain and monitor the health of a large data transfer and message processing infrastructure. While the software development team is responsible for the development and customization of the applications, our client requires administration and enhancement of a data metrics collection and dashboarding system to allow simplified operator supervision of the performance of the overall system. Additional tasks include assisting with SNMP monitoring and data metrics collection in a diverse architecture.

Skills

Linux system administration experience conducting system virtualization, user account management, application update repository maintenance, experience in the creation and management of Ansible playbooks for the automation of tasks, maintenance and usage of Git repositories, and version control. Eagerness to learn and contribute to the overall enhancement of the existing tasks for the maintenance of the system and support applications.

Top Skills

• Red Hat Linux 7/8/9
• Ansible
• Git version control
• Docker
• Python and Bash scripting
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMWare ESXi and ProxMox

Additional Skills and Qualifications

TS/SCI with CI Poly needed! Active monitoring and sustaining the operations of geographically distributed Linux‑based applications to meet service‑level agreements. This is to include patching, troubleshooting, debugging, and the creation of workaround solutions. Incident response management for the CDS solutions. Interface with federal personnel to communicate SLA metrics and remediation of incidents. Scripting and possible software development to automate Operations and Maintenance. Potential development of sensors to accelerate the detection of failed systems. Development of documentation for operations, sustainment, and user guides.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $120,000 to $160,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, the scope of the position, relevant experience, education, certifications, internal equity, customer contractual requirements, security clearance requirements, and other legitimate business considerations.