Senior Linux Systems Engineer – CDS & Automation

Parsons; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies seeks an experienced Linux System Administrator to support Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) in a national security environment. The role focuses on administering Linux hosts, deploying automation with Ansible, and maintaining health metrics for a large data transfer infrastructure in Chantilly, VA.

You will work with a team to ensure reliability, security, and performance of critical services.

Qualifications

• Experience in Linux system administration and virtualization
• Experience creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks for automation
• Strong knowledge of Git and version control systems

Responsibilities

• Provide Linux system administration, configuration, and support for mission-critical CDS applications
• Monitor health of data transfer and message processing infrastructure; enhance metrics collection and dashboards
• Assist with SNMP monitoring and data metrics collection across diverse architecture
• Develop documentation for operations and maintenance

Skills

Red Hat Linux 7/8/9

Ansible

Git version control

Docker

Python and Bash scripting

Virtualization technologies (VMware ES

Tools

Docker

VMware ESXi

Proxmox

Job description

Altamira Technologies seeks an experienced Linux System Administrator to support Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) in a national security environment. The role focuses on administering Linux hosts, deploying automation with Ansible, and maintaining health metrics for a large data transfer infrastructure in Chantilly, VA.

You will work with a team to ensure reliability, security, and performance of critical services.