Senior Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Administrator

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Health and wellness packages

Internal mobility opportunities

Education and certifications paid

Cutting-edge technology

Job summary

The Senior Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Administrator at Fort Belvoir, VA, leads as a technical authority for enterprise Linux infrastructure supporting DSMS and related systems. You will ensure security, availability, and compliance while guiding modernization efforts.

Responsibilities include designing and implementing scalable configuration-management, performing patching and hardening, and coordinating with government stakeholders and IT teams to deliver mission-critical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related IT experience.
• Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.
• BS degree; adjudication may be substituted by experience.
• Preferred RedHat RHCSA/OCP certifications.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical authority for RHEL platforms supporting DSMS mission apps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design, configure, test, and modernize RHEL systems.
• Develop scalable configuration-management and hardening standards.
• Deploy, patch, and sustain RHEL OS and security tools.
• Lead root-cause analysis and document corrective actions.

Skills

RHEL administration

Shell scripting

Automation

Cybersecurity compliance

Troubleshooting

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

BS degree in related field

Tools

Ansible

Active Directory/LDAP

Job description

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations Job Qualifications: Skills: Information Technology (IT), System Administration, Technology Implementations Certifications: None Experience: 8 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required: Yes

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: None Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA VA Fort Belvoir Additional Work Locations:

Job Description: The Senior Enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Administrator serves as a senior technical authority responsible for the administration, sustainment, security, resiliency, and modernization of enterprise Linux infrastructure supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) mission at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The position provides advanced systems administration, troubleshooting, automation, cybersecurity compliance, and technical leadership for mission-critical environments. The incumbent supports the Defense Stockpile Management Systems (DSMS) portfolio, including the Defense Integration and Management of Nuclear Data Services (DIAMONDS), Joint Application Design Environment (JADE), Nuclear Inventory Management and Cataloging System (NIMACS), Government Acceptance Testing (GAT), and DIAMONDS Accountability Training System (DATS). The Senior RHEL Administrator ensures these environments remain secure, available, compliant, recoverable, and capable of supporting high‑priority operational requirements.

How a Senior Enterprise RHEL Administrator Will Make an Impact

• Serve as a senior technical authority for RedHat Enterprise Linux platforms supporting DSMS mission applications, services, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Government stakeholders, program leadership, cybersecurity personnel, and technical operations teams to analyze, design, configure, test, integrate, sustain, and modernize RHEL systems.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce scalable RHEL configuration‑management practices, baseline configurations, automation, system hardening standards, and operational procedures.
• Conduct platform needs assessments, gap analyses, architecture reviews, and capacity evaluations; develop and implement technically sound solutions to improve availability, performance, resiliency, and maintainability.
• Deploy, configure, patch, upgrade, and sustain RHEL operating systems, applications, security tools, configuration‑management services, and supporting infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex RHEL platform, application, network, storage, authentication, automation, and performance issues; lead root‑cause analysis and document corrective actions.
• Implement, manage, validate, and audit DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), vulnerability remediation actions, mitigation strategies, Plan of Action and Milestones inputs, and cybersecurity compliance evidence.
• Support enterprise patching, vulnerability management, system monitoring, audit logging, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and continuity‑of‑operations requirements for RHEL platforms.
• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for RHEL platform support affecting mission applications and services, coordinating resolution with Application, Database, Network, Enterprise, Cybersecurity, Virtualization, and Field Support teams.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, implementation plans, recovery procedures, automation scripts, and configuration records.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and quality assurance for junior administrators; guide implementation decisions and promote consistent, secure, and supportable RHEL operations across the enterprise.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Capability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Advanced problem solving and critical thinking abilities.
• Adept in the exclusive use and navigation of the RHEL command line interface.
• Holistic understanding of RHEL platform interactions with external applications, platforms, and services (e.g., Active Directory/LDAP integration, network file service protocols, Active Directory Certificate Services).
• Intermediate RHEL 7 and 8 platform system administration skills and knowledge of configuration of technologies and services provided.
• Significant experience with the development and execution of shell scripts.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience supporting Appian Platform, Tenable Security Center + Nessus (ACAS), Trellix ESS (client‑side), IdM, and git repositories.
• Intermediate experience with RHEL 7 and 8 platform system engineering and concepts (e.g., automation, orchestration, strategic planning).
• Understanding of DevSecOps concepts and practices.
• Basic knowledge of SecurID RSA multifactor authentication RHEL client configurations.
• Strong work ethic, motivation, and a high desire to learn.
• Effective time management and organization skills.

Qualifications

• BS degree in a related field, this can be substituted by work experience.
• 8+ years of experience.
• Fully adjudicated Top Secret clearance w/ TS/SCI eligibility.
• Preferred Certifications: RedHat (e.g., RedHat Certified System Administrator/RHCSA), Oracle Certified Professional - Oracle Linux System Administrator/OCP - OLSA).

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting‑edge technology you can learn from and apply to solve real world problems

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.

To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.

To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long‑term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

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