Senior RHEL Engineers

Ascension Federal Services Inc.; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascension Federal Services Inc. seeks a senior systems administrator to install, configure, troubleshoot, and sustain RHEL servers and OpenShift infrastructure at our Augusta, GA on-site facility.

You will automate OS configuration, patching, and application deployment, implement STIGs and encryption, and coordinate storage, backups, monitoring, and recovery. A TS/SCI clearance is required to begin work; travel and on-call duties may be required.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in systems administration/engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Significant systems-analysis experience and expert-level virtualization knowledge, specifically Red Hat OpenShift.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, troubleshoot, and sustain RHEL servers.
• Automate OS configuration, patching, and application deployment.
• Implement STIGs, vulnerability remediation, auditing, and certificate-based authentication.
• Support secure data-transfer workflows, encryption, antivirus checks, and related diagnostic controls.
• Coordinate OpenShift/virtual infrastructure, storage, backups, monitoring, and recovery requirements.

Skills

OpenShift

Virtualization

Security compliance

System administration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

RHEL

OpenShift Administration tools

Job description

Clearance: TS/SCI

Responsibilities

Install, configure, troubleshoot, and sustain RHEL servers and supporting services.

Automate operating-system configuration, patching, and application deployment using approved tools.

Implement STIGs, vulnerability remediation, auditing, and certificate-based authentication.

Support secure data-transfer workflows, encryption, antivirus checks, and related diagnostic controls.

Coordinate OpenShift/virtual infrastructure, storage, backups, monitoring, and recovery requirements.

Required qualifications

7-10+ years in systems administration/engineering; bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience. Significant systems-analysis experience and expert-level virtualization knowledge, specifically Red Hat OpenShift.

Desired

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration certification.

Security and assignment requirements

Final Top Secret clearance required at start of work. This is a TS/SCI mission; SCI access is subject to customer requirements. Meet applicable cyber workforce certification and computing-environment training requirements before performance/privileged access.

On-site assignment; shift, weekend, on-call, and travel support may be required. Employment is contingent on contract award and position authorization.