Part-Time RHCSA Cloud Systems Administrator for DoD

Saalex; Ridgecrest (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible 20–25 hour schedule

Alternate Fridays off (9/80)

DoD credential sponsorship

CEUs and professional development

Job summary

Saalex is seeking a Senior Red Hat & Cloud Systems Administrator in Ridgecrest, CA for a part-time onsite role supporting DoD test range systems. The position combines on-prem Linux with AWS cloud and DevSecOps tooling, offering 20–25 hours per week.

You will deploy, harden, and automate environments, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and apply DISA RMF controls, with growth opportunities and DoD credential sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Active RHCSA or RHCE certification.
• Active DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification.
• Experience with core AWS services and scripting/automation.
• Knowledge of DISA STIGs and RMF controls.
• 3–5 years Linux system administration experience or equivalent with certifications.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and administer multi-distribution Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Support and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM).
• Automate provisioning and deployments with Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
• Apply DISA STIGs, remediate vulnerabilities, and align with RMF controls.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins) for reliable releases.
• Monitor systems, troubleshoot networking, and perform security hardening.

Skills

RHCSA/RHCE

DoD 8570/8140

AWS

Bash

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Jira

Confluence

Git

Job description

Saalex is seeking a Senior Red Hat & Cloud Systems Administrator in Ridgecrest, CA for a part-time onsite role supporting DoD test range systems. The position combines on-prem Linux with AWS cloud and DevSecOps tooling, offering 20–25 hours per week.

You will deploy, harden, and automate environments, maintain CI/CD pipelines, and apply DISA RMF controls, with growth opportunities and DoD credential sponsorship.