Senior Linux Systems Engineer - Remote/Hybrid Infra

Edgesource Corporation; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO + 11 paid holidays

Flexible work schedules (Remote/Hybrid

Medical / Dental / Vision / FSA

401k Plan with Match

Tuition & Professional Development

Commuter Benefits

Bonus & Employee Referral Programs

Career Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Edgesource Corporation is seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and sustain Linux-based infrastructure for DoD development, integration, test, and mission environments. You will work across physical servers, VMs, containers, networks, storage, and mission applications.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux fundamentals, experience across infrastructure domains, and excellent collaboration with software developers, network engineers, cybersecurity teams, and mission partners to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related discipline; equivalent technical experience may be considered.
• 7–10+ years of Linux systems administration, systems engineering, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or related experience.
• Strong Linux command-line administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience administering RHEL/Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, or comparable Linux systems.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as KVM, Proxmox, VMware, or similar platforms.
• Experience deploying or supporting containerized applications.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking, DNS, routing, firewalls, and application connectivity.
• Experience with Git and scripting or automation using Bash, Python, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of system security, patch management, vulnerability remediation, and configuration management.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot problems spanning operating systems, networks, applications, and infrastructure.
• Strong technical communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, patch, upgrade, and troubleshoot Linux servers and workstations.
• Support enterprise Linux distributions including RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, or similar platforms.
• Manage users, permissions, services, packages, repositories, filesystems, storage, SSH, certificates, and system resources.
• Monitor system health, capacity, availability, and performance.
• Diagnose hardware, operating system, storage, network, and application-level issues.

Skills

Linux administration

DevOps

Networking

Scripting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IT/Engineering/Cybersecurity)

Tools

KVM

Proxmox

VMware

Git

Ansible

Job description

Edgesource Corporation is seeking a hands-on Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and sustain Linux-based infrastructure for DoD development, integration, test, and mission environments. You will work across physical servers, VMs, containers, networks, storage, and mission applications.

The ideal candidate has strong Linux fundamentals, experience across infrastructure domains, and excellent collaboration with software developers, network engineers, cybersecurity teams, and mission partners to