Senior Linux Architect for Federal Platform

DMI (Digital Management, Inc.); Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

DMI is seeking a Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer to support the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC. This hands-on role will own design, build, and modernization of the FTC Linux platform, including RHEL and Oracle Linux, automation, security hardening, and high-availability planning.

You will mentor administrators, develop automation pipelines, and coordinate with government stakeholders on architecture and change control.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related technical field, and 8+ years of progressive Linux/Unix administration and engineering experience.
• Minimum of 3 years at a senior/lead/principal level with design and architecture ownership for an enterprise Linux environment.
• Senior-level RHEL administration and engineering; working knowledge of Oracle Linux.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise automation and configuration management (Ansible, Red Hat Satellite, or comparable tooling).
• Experience planning and executing major operating system version migrations or platform modernization efforts.
• Solid understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, VPN).
• Experience with virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V).
• Bash/Python scripting for automation and troubleshooting.
• Version control with Git for infrastructure artifacts.
• Cloud familiarity (AWS or Azure) and on-prem to cloud migration approaches.
• Knowledge of CIS/STIG hardening and federal compliance (FISMA, NIST SP 800-53).
• Ability to complete technical projects independently with strong organizational skills.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering and architecture decisions for the FTC RHEL and Oracle Linux estate, including server builds and platform standards.
• Design and maintain patch and configuration management architecture (Red Hat Satellite, Ansible) and automate workflows.
• Lead OS lifecycle migrations and cloud migration planning with risk assessment and rollback design.
• Develop and maintain security hardening baselines; manage vulnerability remediation and compliance evidence.
• Provide incident escalation support and perform root cause analyses with corrective actions.
• Mentor administrators and review scripts, configurations, and changes; document designs and SOPs.
• Install, configure, and maintain Linux servers; monitor performance, backups, and security baselines.
• Collaborate across teams and communicate technical recommendations to stakeholders.

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting Bash/Python

Automation with Ansible

Security hardening CIS/STIG

Cloud: AWS/Azure

Virtualization VMware/Hyper-V

Networking TCP/IP

Git/version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible Automation Platform

Git

Job description

DMI is seeking a Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer to support the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC. This hands-on role will own design, build, and modernization of the FTC Linux platform, including RHEL and Oracle Linux, automation, security hardening, and high-availability planning.

You will mentor administrators, develop automation pipelines, and coordinate with government stakeholders on architecture and change control.