Senior Linux Systems Lead — Hybrid (10–25% Travel)

Newport News Shipbuilding, A Division of HII; Newport News (VA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Newport News Shipbuilding is seeking a Senior UNIX/Linux System Administrator / Team Lead to manage a multi-user Linux and virtualization environment. You will lead a skilled team, drive major infrastructure initiatives, and ensure scalable, secure operations across on‑prem and cloud platforms.

Strong expertise in AIX, RHEL/Linux, VMware vSphere, automation, and configuration management is essential. Excellent leadership, planning, and vendor-management skills are required for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT; Master’s preferred.
• Expert-level knowledge of AIX, RHEL/Linux, VMware vSphere, automation and configuration management.
• Proven project leadership, problem solving and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead UNIX/Linux admin team with guidance, mentoring and performance feedback.
• Oversee major infrastructure projects with scope, budget, and timeline control.
• Define standards, playbooks and runbooks for operation.
• Manage vendor relationships and evaluate new tech.
• Design and maintain highly available, on-prem and cloud Linux infra.
• Develop long-term roadmaps for Linux and virtualization environments.
• Act as escalation point for complex system issues.
• Drive IaC with automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure security and compliance across environments.
• Architect and validate Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Security & compliance

Vendor management

CI/CD

Automation

Cloud & on-prem infra

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / IT or related field

Master’s degree preferred

NNS Apprentice School / NNPS equivalent option

Bachelor’s or higher in related field; certifications acceptable

Tools

Splunk

Ansible

IBM AIX

VMware vSphere

Linux (RHEL/Solaris)

Job description

Newport News Shipbuilding is seeking a Senior UNIX/Linux System Administrator / Team Lead to manage a multi-user Linux and virtualization environment. You will lead a skilled team, drive major infrastructure initiatives, and ensure scalable, secure operations across on‑prem and cloud platforms.

Strong expertise in AIX, RHEL/Linux, VMware vSphere, automation, and configuration management is essential. Excellent leadership, planning, and vendor-management skills are required for success.