On-Call Linux Systems Engineer, Mission Ops

Amentum company; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 92,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum seeks a mid-level Linux Engineer to support the COSMOS NASA mission operations at Johnson Space Center, on-site in Houston. The role emphasizes OS and DBA services with core hours 9am–3pm and occasional after-hours and 24x7 on-call rotation.

Responsibilities include managing OS baselines, monitoring with SolarWinds, and driving automation via PowerShell, PowerCLI, or Ansible. Collaboration across teams is essential for timely delivery.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field OR 5–10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience maintaining Linux OS, security, performance tuning.
• Ability to obtain NASA PIV badge.

Responsibilities

• Manage configuration baselines of OS, software, and security compliance.
• Work with monitoring tools (SolarWinds).
• Evaluate and implement automation to streamline processes.
• Support production, staging, development, and disaster recovery environments.

Skills

Systems Administration

Automation

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar

Tools

SolarWinds

PowerShell

PowerCLI

Ansible

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Amentum seeks a mid-level Linux Engineer to support the COSMOS NASA mission operations at Johnson Space Center, on-site in Houston. The role emphasizes OS and DBA services with core hours 9am–3pm and occasional after-hours and 24x7 on-call rotation.

Responsibilities include managing OS baselines, monitoring with SolarWinds, and driving automation via PowerShell, PowerCLI, or Ansible. Collaboration across teams is essential for timely delivery.