RHEL Systems Engineer — SOC & Security Ops

Socket.dev; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer match

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Group term life, disability coverage

DTO program and paid holidays

Job summary

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a RHEL system administrator / infrastructure engineer to support a SOC Engineering team. The role involves RHEL provisioning, patching, STIG compliance, backups, and aligning telemetry with detection and compliance across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The ideal candidate has hands-on RHEL experience, SIEM familiarity, and is able to collaborate with analysts. US citizenship and Active Secret Clearance are required, with 1–2 days onsite in Herndon, VA.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience administering and engineering RHEL servers in production environments.
• Experience with patching, OS hardening, STIG compliance, and backups.
• Experience supporting a SOC, SIEM, or cyber defense environment.
• Active Secret Clearance is required and US citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Provision and maintain RHEL servers across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Automate server management tasks with Ansible, PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Coordinate with SOC analysts to align telemetry with detection and compliance.
• Support network devices, backups, and security tooling as part of SOC operations.

Skills

RHEL administration

SOC engineering

Patching and STIG

Ansible scripting

Windows administration

Git and DevOps

Splunk CIM familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

Splunk Enterprise Security

AWS / Azure cloud

Windows administration tools

Job description

UltraViolet Cyber is seeking a RHEL system administrator / infrastructure engineer to support a SOC Engineering team. The role involves RHEL provisioning, patching, STIG compliance, backups, and aligning telemetry with detection and compliance across cloud and on‑prem environments.

The ideal candidate has hands-on RHEL experience, SIEM familiarity, and is able to collaborate with analysts. US citizenship and Active Secret Clearance are required, with 1–2 days onsite in Herndon, VA.