Remote UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator – DR & HA

BMA; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) with 6% match

Job summary

BMA is seeking a UNIX/LINUX Administrator to support the AMPS effort within the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). This is a fully remote role.

The candidate will design, implement, and maintain UNIX environments (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris), enhance disaster recovery, and manage security audits including STIG compliance. Experience across multiple UNIX/Linux systems and virtualization is required.

Qualifications

• Seven (7) years systems administration experience on UNIX/LINUX operating systems AIX, Solaris, or HP-UX.
• Five (5) years’ experience with Disaster recovery and data replication.
• Five (5) years hands‑on troubleshooting, tuning and patching experience.
• Five (5) years administration, configuration and troubleshooting experience with UNIX Server Cluster, Load Balancing and Virtualization.
• Experience with cloud computing and cloud architecture.

Responsibilities

• Designs, configures, implements, and maintains UNIX hardware and OS environments.
• Performs installations and upgrades; monitors logs and security measures.
• Designs high-availability solutions and data migrations; supports DR testing.
• Maintains security audits and STIG compliance; troubleshoots across development, test, production.

Skills

UNIX administration

Linux administration

Disaster recovery

Troubleshooting

Cluster/Load balancer

Network configuration

STIG/RMF knowledge

Scripting/CLI

Cloud basics

Education

RHCE

RHCSA

RHCT

AIX/Solaris/HP-UX familiarity

Tools

VMware

Kubernetes

STIG tools

RMF

Backup tools

Job description

BMA is seeking a UNIX/LINUX Administrator to support the AMPS effort within the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). This is a fully remote role.

The candidate will design, implement, and maintain UNIX environments (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris), enhance disaster recovery, and manage security audits including STIG compliance. Experience across multiple UNIX/Linux systems and virtualization is required.