Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer — Hybrid (DC)

System One; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

W2 Benefits Available

Job summary

System One is seeking a Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer in Washington, DC, for a federal end-customer. This hands-on role designs, builds, and secures the Linux platform, mentoring admins and owning platform standards.

The position emphasizes RHEL/Oracle Linux engineering, automation, vulnerability handling, and end-to-end lifecycle management in a hybrid on-site setup with potential cloud migrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus Linux/Unix engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of RHEL and Oracle Linux platforms.
• Experience with automation and configuration management tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering and architecture decisions for the RHEL/Oracle Linux estate.
• Design and maintain patch/configuration management architecture (Satellite, Ansible).
• Lead OS lifecycle migrations and cloud migration planning.
• Author security baselines and support NIST/ DISA/FISMA controls.
• Perform performance and capacity planning with proactive remediation.
• Engineer high availability, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Serve as senior escalation point and mentor junior staff.
• Document designs, SOPs, and troubleshooting steps.

Skills

Linux

UNIX

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Automation

Problem solving

Education

RHCSA

RHCE

LPIC-2

CompTIA Linux+

AWS/Azure certs

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible

Ansible Automation Platform

VMware

AWS/Azure

Job description

System One is seeking a Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Engineer in Washington, DC, for a federal end-customer. This hands-on role designs, builds, and secures the Linux platform, mentoring admins and owning platform standards.

The position emphasizes RHEL/Oracle Linux engineering, automation, vulnerability handling, and end-to-end lifecycle management in a hybrid on-site setup with potential cloud migrations.