Senior Linux Systems Administrator — Automation & Orchestration

Trinzic; Nellis Air Force Base Census-Designated Place (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

KBR seeks a Senior Linux Systems Administrator with an automation focus to design, deploy, and manage enterprise Linux server architectures across diverse test networks. You will automate provisioning, hardening, and patch cycles using Ansible, while ensuring DISA STIGs and RMF compliance in a distributed DoD environment.

You will also support virtualization with VMware, containerization with Docker/Kubernetes, and maintain system baselines, logs, and documentation for secure operations.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• Minimum 10 years in a Systems Administrator/Engineering role.
• Technical Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Deep Linux knowledge (RHEL 7/8/9), storage (LVM), systemd, firewalld, SELinux, Bash.
• Hands-on Ansible playbooks and automation experience.
• VMware virtualization experience.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain enterprise Linux distributions across bare-metal and virtualized environments.
• Develop, test, and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and collections to automate provisioning and patching.
• Support containerized workloads with Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes.
• Automate DISA STIGs and RMF compliance; remediate findings from ACAS/Nessus.
• Manage Red Hat Satellite/Foreman and image baselines; maintain repositories.
• Administer virtualization/storage/networking in a mixed Windows/Linux environment.
• Document SOPs, Ansible guides, and architecture diagrams for team knowledge transfer.

Skills

Automation

Linux systems

Ansible

VMware vSphere

Scripting (Bash)

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Foreman

Nessus

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

KBR seeks a Senior Linux Systems Administrator with an automation focus to design, deploy, and manage enterprise Linux server architectures across diverse test networks. You will automate provisioning, hardening, and patch cycles using Ansible, while ensuring DISA STIGs and RMF compliance in a distributed DoD environment.

You will also support virtualization with VMware, containerization with Docker/Kubernetes, and maintain system baselines, logs, and documentation for secure operations.