Red Hat Linux System Administrator — RHCSA & Ansible DevOps

Chenega Agile Real Time Solutions, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Chenega Professional & Technical Services, LLC seeks a Red Hat Linux System Administrator to support a federal agency in the Washington, DC area. You will manage Linux systems, perform patching, automate with Ansible, and work with IaC on-prem and in Azure.

Strong RHCSA certification and USSS collaboration are required. The role emphasizes system design, security hardening (STIG-like practices), and close coordination with security and operations teams.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Red Hat Linux system administration experience.
• Current certification as RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator).
• Successfully pass background and drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Assist with projects and system planning on platforms managed by ESS.
• Provision IPs and configure DNS host files.
• Design and plan network solutions and deployments.
• Participate in USSS meetings to capture requirements.
• Register and allocate subscriptions from Red Hat Satellite services.
• Maintain Red Hat Satellite and ensure current vendor releases.
• Patch Linux systems via yum scripts, Ansible Playbooks, and Satellite tools.
• Automate DEVOPS tasks with Ansible, YAML and Python.
• Work with IaC, on-prem and cloud environments using Satellite, Capsule, and Azure.

Skills

RH Linux admin

Excellent communication

Education

RHCSA certification

Tools

Git

GitHub

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

PostgreSQL

Azure

Job description

Chenega Professional & Technical Services, LLC seeks a Red Hat Linux System Administrator to support a federal agency in the Washington, DC area. You will manage Linux systems, perform patching, automate with Ansible, and work with IaC on-prem and in Azure.

Strong RHCSA certification and USSS collaboration are required. The role emphasizes system design, security hardening (STIG-like practices), and close coordination with security and operations teams.