Senior Systems Administrator

Leidos; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 116,350 - 210,325; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is hiring a Senior System Administrator to support Red Hat environments in Alexandria, VA, on classified and unclassified networks. The role emphasizes secure, reliable systems and involves health checks, PostgreSQL troubleshooting, and DevSecOps integration.

The candidate will manage Tier I-III support, CI/CD pipelines, and security implementations while coordinating with government stakeholders. Onsite access to the Alexandria office is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience or Master's with 10+ years; higher experience considered in lieu of a degree.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Active CompTIA Security+ (or higher) certification.
• Active Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).
• Proficiency in Linux system administration and PostgreSQL via command line.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier I, II, and III infrastructure support.
• Provide technical systems engineering and system administration support.
• Identify, analyze, and document problems related to program functionality and user interfaces.
• Ensure the architecture and design of DoD information systems remain functional and secure.
• Implement security best practices and initiatives across all levels of the infrastructure.
• Administer and maintain virtualization and container infrastructure, including STIGs, security updates, and IAVA patches.
• Provide broad spectrum user support, including customer requirements and help desk functions.
• Assist with defining DevSecOps best practices and support adoption by development teams.
• Develop, maintain, and improve real-time monitoring and metrics for production environments.
• Assist with DevSecOps process automation and tooling to support deployment needs within ODIN or its successor.
• Support CI/CD pipeline for ODIN and its successor.
• Perform release management support and maintain a continuous testing suite.

Skills

Linux system administration

PostgreSQL (CLI)

Security best practices

DevSecOps collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12+ years

Master's degree + 10+ years

Tools

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

PostgreSQL

Job description

Description

Senior System Administrator

Alexandria, VA

Leidos is hiring a Senior System Administrator to support Red Hat systems operating within the Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation (AC2SP) on both unclassified and classified networks in Alexandria, VA. This position plays a critical role in maintaining secure, reliable, and high performing environments that support mission operations.

The selected candidate will provide system administration for Red Hat environments, perform daily health checks on classified systems, troubleshoot software and PostgreSQL database issues using the command line, maintain software packages for transfer between unclassified and classified environments, update production, training, and development systems, and support security initiatives through deep system knowledge. Access to classified systems requires onsite support at the Alexandria, VA office. The role also includes providing remote system administration, updates, and troubleshooting support for remote systems.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide Tier I, II, and III infrastructure support.
• Provide technical systems engineering and system administration support.
• Identify, analyze, and document problems related to program functionality and user interfaces.
• Ensure the architecture and design of DoD information systems remain functional and secure.
• Implement security best practices and initiatives across all levels of the infrastructure.
• Administer and maintain virtualization and container infrastructure, including daily system health checks, application of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), security updates, and hotfixes to address Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs).
• Provide broad spectrum user support, including identifying and responding to customer requirements with a focus on quality assurance, customer satisfaction, help desk functions, and related support activities.
• Assist with defining DevSecOps best practices for application development teams and support their adoption of these processes.
• Develop, maintain, and improve real time monitoring and metrics for production environments to enable early issue detection and maintain system quality.
• Assist with developing and implementing DevSecOps process automation and tooling that establishes standards while enabling application development teams to independently support infrastructure and deployment needs within ODIN or its successor.
• Support the build, maintenance, enhancement, and updates of the CI/CD pipeline (ODIN or its successor) for delivering new features, fixes, and system updates across development, integration, and production environments.
• Perform release management support and maintain a continuous testing suite to validate deliverables and ensure quality.
• Operate, maintain, and support production systems and applications to ensure they remain accessible and available.
• Recommend operational efficiencies and implement approved improvements in coordination with government stakeholders.
• Leverage external and internal cloud services, including elastic capacity auto scaling, elastic load balancing, right sizing, disaster recovery strategies, and tiered storage.
• Assist with DevSecOps processes and tools that support Agile application development teams through continuous integration, testing, and deployment.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience. Additional related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Active CompTIA Security+ (or higher) certification.
• Active Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification.
• Proficiency in Linux system administration.
• Experience using PostgreSQL through the command line.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting AWS cloud environments.

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Original Posting

July 31, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.