Senior Linux Systems Engineer - Automation & Virtualization

Archer; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, collaborating with ManTech, seeks an experienced Systems Engineer for our Fort Meade, MD area. You will design, deploy, and administer enterprise environments, automate operations, optimize storage, and prepare technical briefings for leadership.

Required TS/SCI with Poly, Linux expertise, and hands-on Kubernetes/Ansible/AWS experience. Expect advanced scripting and virtualization tooling in a secure, isolated network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 14+ years of relevant Systems Engineering experience; or an Associate’s degree with 19+ years’ experience.
• Experience with Linux administration and engineering.
• 3 years of hands-on experience using Kubernetes/Rancher OR Ansible including AAP OR AWS Virtual Environment Provisioning, Management, Orchestration
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and infrastructure automation
• Experience orchestrating enterprise virtualization (VMware vSphere) OR Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage enterprise-level virtualized environments and infrastructure.
• Provide full-lifecycle systems administration for hardware and software across development, test, and production environments.
• Deploy and maintain IT automation solutions to streamline operational tasks within secure, isolated network architectures.
• Engineer and optimize scalable storage solutions and complex file system configurations.
• Author and present technical program documentation and briefings for senior-level management and stakeholders.

Skills

Linux

Bash scripting

Kubernetes

Ansible

AWS

VMware vSphere

Nutanix HCI

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Associate’s degree with 19+ years’ experience

Tools

Kubernetes/Rancher

AAP (Ansible Automation Platform)

AWS VEP

PKI

Job description

Archer, collaborating with ManTech, seeks an experienced Systems Engineer for our Fort Meade, MD area. You will design, deploy, and administer enterprise environments, automate operations, optimize storage, and prepare technical briefings for leadership.

Required TS/SCI with Poly, Linux expertise, and hands-on Kubernetes/Ansible/AWS experience. Expect advanced scripting and virtualization tooling in a secure, isolated network.