Senior Proxmox & Linux Infra Lead (On-Site MD)

Peraton; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 176,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Peraton Labs is seeking a senior Proxmox Cluster Administrator to own day-to-day operations and lifecycle management of a Proxmox virtualized environment supporting a complex Multi-OS research infrastructure at a customer site near College Park, MD.

This hands-on role emphasizes platform reliability, security posture, and automation maturity, with potential expansion into Linux administration and DevSecOps engineering.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Linux infrastructure and virtualization.
• Experience administering Proxmox VE at scale.
• Automation using Ansible and scripting in Bash/Python.
• Active technical certification in relevant IT field.
• U.S. citizenship with TS/SCI polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Administer Proxmox VE clusters including upgrades and HA.
• Standardize VM/LXC provisioning.
• Lead incident response and complex troubleshooting.
• Manage Proxmox host networking and storage.
• Oversee backup/DR readiness and runbooks.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and artifacts.
• Collaborate with government support teams for workload onboarding.

Skills

Linux administration

Automation scripting

Networking fundamentals

Cluster/HA concepts

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree in related field

PhD in related discipline

Tools

Proxmox VE

Ansible

Bash

Python

Job description

Peraton Labs is seeking a senior Proxmox Cluster Administrator to own day-to-day operations and lifecycle management of a Proxmox virtualized environment supporting a complex Multi-OS research infrastructure at a customer site near College Park, MD.

This hands-on role emphasizes platform reliability, security posture, and automation maturity, with potential expansion into Linux administration and DevSecOps engineering.