Senior Linux Systems Engineer – Cloud & Automation

Peraton; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Linux Administrator to provide operational support for the FDA enterprise environment consisting of ~3,500 physical and virtual servers. The Linux team delivers on premise and cloud-based services (AWS/Azure) with a focus on automation, patching, and incident response.

The role requires deep expertise in Red Hat, Ubuntu, OpenShift, Ansible, and virtualization, along with strong security and backup skills.

Qualifications

• 5 years with BS/BA or 9 years with a HS Diploma.
• Minimum of 5 years experience as a Linux Administrator.
• Experience with Linux operation systems, Red Hat Satellite/Capsule/ OEL, Foreman, Pacemaker, Cisco hardware builds and provisioning with Kickstart.
• Experience with Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu, Veritas SF/Infoscale vcs/vxvm/vxfs, Linux build automation/recovery, OpenShift, OCFS2, Ansible Tower, Scaler.
• Strong understanding of server backup, experience with vulnerability scanning and threat mitigation technologies, Server hardening, OSCAP.
• Understanding of common security products (Splunk, Lumension/Ivanti, etc.),
• Familiar with Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy Management, VMWare VSphere (e.g., ESXi, vCenter) administration and support, Linux Systems Administration, Storage
• Experience with Net App, Cloud computing instance and service provisioning (e.g., Amazon Web Service, Azure, etc.), Infrastructure as Code experience (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, etc.)
• Automation skills via scripting (e.g., ksh, bash, yams, Oracle Linux patching automation skills and PowerShell).
• SolarWinds monitoring experience
• ServiceNow or other ticketing systems experience
• Ability to concurrently manage multiple tasks
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance

Responsibilities

• Providing operational support to customer on premise and cloud based (AWS and Azure) datacenters
• Iimage creation, server provisioning, patching, reporting, creating, and maintaining documentation/SOP's
• Working directly with customers to integrate applications, scripting and automation of tasks, high level problem solving
• Troubleshooting a wide variety of issues within defined SLAs.
• The position requires individuals to be self-motivated, outgoing, accountable, energetic members of the team.

Skills

Linux Administrator

Red Hat Satellite

Foreman

Pacemaker

Kickstart

OpenShift

Ansible Tower

AWS

Azure

VMware ESXi

Active Directory

Scripting (bash)

SCAP/OSCAP

Splunk

ServiceNow

Education

BS/BA degree

HS Diploma

Tools

Veritas SF/Infoscale

NetApp

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

Peraton is seeking an experienced Linux Administrator to provide operational support for the FDA enterprise environment consisting of ~3,500 physical and virtual servers. The Linux team delivers on premise and cloud-based services (AWS/Azure) with a focus on automation, patching, and incident response.

The role requires deep expertise in Red Hat, Ubuntu, OpenShift, Ansible, and virtualization, along with strong security and backup skills.