Senior Linux Systems Engineer & Automation Lead (TS/SCI)

Power3 Solutions; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 195,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA 2650/5300 family

STD/LTD employer paid

Life Insurance 1x salary

AD&D insured

401k & Profit Sharing

Professional Development $4k/year

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral $10k

Annual Bonus

PTO 160 hours

Holidays 11

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Wellness stipend

Subscriptions $350/year

Job summary

Geon Technologies seeks a Senior Linux Systems Administrator to lead Linux infrastructure, deployment automation, and system integration across complex IT environments supporting USG and industry clients.

The role emphasizes Tier 2/3 support, security hardening, and collaboration with software, network, and cyber teams to ensure readiness and compliance. Clearances and enterprise exposure are valued.

Qualifications

• Advanced Linux systems administration experience.
• Experience with RHEL/ Rocky/ Oracle Linux / CentOS or similar distributions.
• Expertise with Ansible automation, Kickstart provisioning, configuration management, and orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support enterprise Linux systems and infrastructure to ensure availability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Manage day-to-day operations of server, storage, network, virtualization, and application environments, including monitoring and capacity planning.
• Provide Tier 2 and 3 support for complex issues, including root cause analysis and resolution of hardware, software, and integration problems.
• Configure, install, upgrade, patch, harden, and maintain Linux OS, hardware, and infrastructure services.
• Collaborate with developers, network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and Government stakeholders to support deployment and readiness.
• Define hardware specs, deployment architectures, and infrastructure requirements for enterprise environments.
• Lead planning, automation, and execution of Linux deployments across DEV, TEST, STAGING, PROD.
• Develop and maintain automated provisioning and configuration management using Kickstart, Ansible, and IaC.
• Automate OS installation, app deployment, patch mgmt, security hardening, and lifecycle processes to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Establish and maintain deployment standards, configuration baselines, and operational procedures.
• Support testing, validation, and transition-to-ops activities while ensuring security & CM compliance.

Skills

Advanced Linux

RHEL/Oracle/CentOS family

Ansible automation

Kickstart provisioning

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

DevSecOps

System surveillance

Virtualization

Networking

Storage management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Ansible

Kickstart

IaC tooling

Job description

Geon Technologies seeks a Senior Linux Systems Administrator to lead Linux infrastructure, deployment automation, and system integration across complex IT environments supporting USG and industry clients.

The role emphasizes Tier 2/3 support, security hardening, and collaboration with software, network, and cyber teams to ensure readiness and compliance. Clearances and enterprise exposure are valued.