Senior Linux Systems Administrator – Enterprise & Cloud

Chaos Industries; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k with company match

Free daily lunch onsite

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior IT Systems Administrator with deep Linux expertise to design, build, secure, and operate the Linux infrastructure our engineering and program teams depend on. You will keep servers, services, and cloud workloads reliable, patched, and compliant in a defense environment.

As a senior technical lead, you will establish standards, mentor teammates, automate with Ansible, Bash, and Python, and own patching, backup, DR, and incident response.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years managing enterprise Linux server environments (RHEL/Ubuntu/CentOS/Debian).
• Expert command-line and troubleshooting skills with systemd, networking, storage, and performance tuning.
• Strong scripting and automation in Bash and Python; experience with Ansible.
• Experience hardening Linux systems in regulated environments (DISA STIG/CIS, NIST SP 800-171/CMMC).
• Experience integrating with enterprise identity services (AD/LDAP/Kerberos/SSSD) and managing SSH/sudo/privileged access.
• Patch management, monitoring, backups, DR testing, and recovery objectives.
• Proven ability to lead infrastructure projects and mentor engineers; strong documentation.

Responsibilities

• Architect, administer, and maintain Linux server environments (physical, virtual, cloud).
• Design and maintain automation and configuration management with Ansible, shell, and Python.
• Lead platform migrations, new site standups, and environment consolidations.
• Own backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning for Linux systems.
• Monitor health and remediation; collaborate with cybersecurity for vulnerability management.
• Mentor junior staff and establish technical standards and peer reviews.
• Support compliance activities (CMMC/NIST 800-171/FedRAMP) with documentation and audits.
• Participate in on-call rotations and occasional after-hours maintenance.

Skills

Scripting

Automation

Linux

Troubleshooting

Command-line

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

Ansible

Python

Bash

Docker/Kubernetes

Terraform

Git

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior IT Systems Administrator with deep Linux expertise to design, build, secure, and operate the Linux infrastructure our engineering and program teams depend on. You will keep servers, services, and cloud workloads reliable, patched, and compliant in a defense environment.

As a senior technical lead, you will establish standards, mentor teammates, automate with Ansible, Bash, and Python, and own patching, backup, DR, and incident response.