TS/SCI Linux Administrator: Cloud & Automation Expert

J&T Business Consulting; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

PTO and Holidays

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

J&T Business Consulting seeks a skilled Linux Administrator (TS/SCI with Fullscope Polygraph) to join a hybrid cloud environment at Fort Meade, MD. You will design architectures, deploy solutions, and manage Linux instances across networks while driving automation and process optimization.

You will mentor junior staff, monitor systems, and collaborate with engineers and operators to improve performance and security. A DoD 8570/8140 IAT II cert is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline plus 10+ years SysAdmin experience.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II baseline certification.
• Strong Linux administration, patching, hardening, and diagnostics.
• Automation scripting with Bash, Python, Puppet, or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot Linux server instances across multiple isolated networks and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Design, build, debug, and maintain infrastructure automation scripts and configuration management routines using Bash, Python, Puppet, and/or Ansible.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineering and operations teams to isolate root causes and resolve complex system issues.
• Support systems architecture design and continuous operational improvements.
• Interface with service owners, technical leads, and teammates to communicate system status, risk mitigations, and performance metrics.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior administration staff.

Skills

Linux admin

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline

15 years experience without a degree

Tools

Bash

Python

Puppet

Ansible

AWS CLI

boto3

EC2 Auto Scaling

Job description

J&T Business Consulting seeks a skilled Linux Administrator (TS/SCI with Fullscope Polygraph) to join a hybrid cloud environment at Fort Meade, MD. You will design architectures, deploy solutions, and manage Linux instances across networks while driving automation and process optimization.

You will mentor junior staff, monitor systems, and collaborate with engineers and operators to improve performance and security. A DoD 8570/8140 IAT II cert is required.