Senior Linux Systems Administrator — CDS & Automation

Altamira Technologies Corp.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies Corp. is seeking a Linux systems administrator to support the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of mission-critical CDS applications. You will manage virtualization, Ansible automation, and dashboards, ensuring system health across a distributed environment.

The role entails monitoring, incident response, and collaboration with federal personnel to meet SLAs. A TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required, and compensation ranges reflect experience and

Qualifications

• Experience managing Linux systems in production environments, including virtualization, user management, and patching.
• Automation experience with Ansible playbooks for task automation and configuration management.
• Strong version control practices using Git and familiarity with software development workflows.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and scripting in Python or Bash.
• Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly; ability to interface with federal personnel.
• Familiarity with monitoring/incident response and SLA metrics.

Responsibilities

• Provide Linux system administration support for development, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance of mission-critical apps and services.
• Maintain health of data transfer and message processing infrastructure; monitor performance and reliability.
• Develop and enhance data metrics collection and dashboards to support operator supervision.
• Assist with SNMP monitoring, incident response, and remediation of incidents across distributed Linux-based systems.

Skills

Red Hat Linux 7/8/9

Ansible

Git version control

Docker

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Virtualization (VMware ESXi/ProxMox)

Job description

Altamira Technologies Corp. is seeking a Linux systems administrator to support the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of mission-critical CDS applications. You will manage virtualization, Ansible automation, and dashboards, ensuring system health across a distributed environment.

The role entails monitoring, incident response, and collaboration with federal personnel to meet SLAs. A TS/SCI with CI Poly clearance is required, and compensation ranges reflect experience and