Senior Linux Systems Admin: AWS & Security Focus

Leidos; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with company match

Flexible Schedules

Discounted Stock Purchase Plans

Technical Upskilling

Education and Training Support

Parental Paid Leave

Job summary

Leidos Inc seeks a Systems Administrator to support Linux-based development, test, and production environments with hands-on administration, automation, and change control. The role emphasizes security hardening and incident response, leveraging Ansible, Bash, Python, and AWS services in mission-critical setups.

The ideal candidate has deep Linux experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph for work in national security programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university and eight years of related experience.
• Extensive hands-on Linux systems administration experience on RHEL or comparable enterprise distributions.
• Experience administering Linux systems including accounts/permissions, patching, services, storage, and performance monitoring.
• Hands-on automation/configuration management using Ansible or similar, plus Bash and/or Python scripting.
• Strong Linux troubleshooting skills and networking knowledge (DNS, TCP/IP, ports, routing, firewalls).
• Experience with Linux security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and change-control processes.
• Experience with AWS including EC2, ECS, EKS, Systems Manager (SSM), CloudFormation, and monitoring services.
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, secure, monitor, and troubleshoot RHEL/Linux systems across Development, Test, and Production environments.
• Lead root-cause analysis across OS, applications, storage, authentication, performance, and network connectivity using CLI and monitoring tools.
• Manage lifecycle activities including accounts, permissions, patching, packages, services, and maintenance.
• Implement and maintain Linux security controls, hardening standards, vulnerability remediation, and baselines.
• Develop and maintain automation/configuration-management solutions to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Collaborate with SAs, DBAs, SWEs, SEs, testers to research, resolve complex issues and share knowledge.
• Develop and maintain documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and change records; participate in on-call support.

Skills

Linux administration

Automation

Python

Bash

Networking fundamentals

Security hardening

Troubleshooting

AWS

SSM / AWS services

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Ansible

Git-based workflows

Jira

Confluence

Python scripting

Terraform/CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Job description

Leidos Inc seeks a Systems Administrator to support Linux-based development, test, and production environments with hands-on administration, automation, and change control. The role emphasizes security hardening and incident response, leveraging Ansible, Bash, Python, and AWS services in mission-critical setups.

The ideal candidate has deep Linux experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and an active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph for work in national security programs.