Linux Systems Engineer: Onsite DC, Automation & Reliability

BOAB Ventures; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BOAB Ventures is seeking a Linux Systems Engineer to support enterprise Linux environments, cloud integrations, and automation initiatives in a Washington, DC onsite setting. You will help maintain reliability, security, and performance of production systems across on-prem and cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Linux expertise, experience with AWS or Azure, and a strong focus on automation, patching, monitoring, and incident response to ensure scalable, secure infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience administering enterprise Linux environments (RHEL/CentOS or equivalent).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or similar).
• Strong troubleshooting across OS, infra, networking, and apps.
• Experience implementing OS security best practices, vulnerability remediation, and hardening.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise Linux environments, including patch management, system monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security hardening.
• Support cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring system reliability, availability, and scalability.
• Manage and maintain storage, indexing, and data platform technologies, including upgrades, monitoring, backups, and operational support.
• Configure, administer, and monitor web server environments and associated services.
• Investigate system alerts, performance issues, and outages, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual workloads.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, networking, and security teams to resolve technical issues and support production operations.
• Coordinate system changes, maintenance activities, upgrades, and deployments across multiple environments.
• Participate in support rotations and respond to operational incidents when required.
• Maintain system documentation, operational procedures, and configuration standards.

Skills

Linux administration

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Troubleshooting

Security hardening

Automation scripting

Patch management

Monitoring

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Python

Ansible

Shell scripting

Terraform

Job description

BOAB Ventures is seeking a Linux Systems Engineer to support enterprise Linux environments, cloud integrations, and automation initiatives in a Washington, DC onsite setting. You will help maintain reliability, security, and performance of production systems across on-prem and cloud platforms.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Linux expertise, experience with AWS or Azure, and a strong focus on automation, patching, monitoring, and incident response to ensure scalable, secure infrastructure.