Senior Linux Systems Engineer & Infra Lead

chaosindustries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior IT Systems Administrator with deep Linux expertise to design, build, secure, and operate the Linux infrastructure relied upon by engineering and program teams.

You will lead Linux system engineering, set standards, mentor teammates, and coordinate with cybersecurity, service desk, and development groups to ensure uptime and data protection in a defense environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, IS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years administering enterprise Linux server environments (RHEL, Rocky, CentOS, Ubuntu).

Responsibilities

• Architect, administer, and maintain Linux server environments (physical, virtual, and cloud).
• Design and maintain automation and configuration management using Ansible, shell, and Python.
• Build and maintain hardened server images and templates aligned to security baselines (DISA STIG, CIS).
• Manage Linux storage, networking, and system tuning for performance and capacity.
• Deploy and manage Linux workloads in Azure and AWS cloud environments; support containerized workloads.

Skills

Linux administration

RHEL/Debian family

Automation & scripting

Security compliance

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Ansible

Shell scripting

Python

Azure

AWS

Job description

CHAOS Industries is seeking a Senior IT Systems Administrator with deep Linux expertise to design, build, secure, and operate the Linux infrastructure relied upon by engineering and program teams.

You will lead Linux system engineering, set standards, mentor teammates, and coordinate with cybersecurity, service desk, and development groups to ensure uptime and data protection in a defense environment.