Senior Linux Platform Engineer - Hybrid, Automation & Security

Catapult Federal Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Catapult Federal Services seeks a Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer for FTC with hybrid Washington, DC work location. The role is the senior technical authority for the FTC Linux platform, shaping design, automation, and security hardening.

It combines hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, guiding administrators and guiding cloud migrations. Responsibilities include enterprise patch management design, OS lifecycle management, and CIS/STIG compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 8+ years of Linux/Unix admin/engineering experience.
• Senior/lead level design and architecture ownership for enterprise Linux.
• Experience with automation/configuration management tooling (Ansible, Satellite).
• Experience with major OS migrations and platform modernization.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering and architecture decisions for FTC Linux estate including server builds and platform standards.
• Design and maintain patch/configuration management architecture (Red Hat Satellite, Ansible).
• Lead OS upgrade/migration planning and execution, including rollback designs.

Skills

Shell scripting

Python

senior leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

VMware

Git

AWS

Azure

Job description

Catapult Federal Services seeks a Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer for FTC with hybrid Washington, DC work location. The role is the senior technical authority for the FTC Linux platform, shaping design, automation, and security hardening.

It combines hands-on engineering with architectural leadership, guiding administrators and guiding cloud migrations. Responsibilities include enterprise patch management design, OS lifecycle management, and CIS/STIG compliance.