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Senior Linux Administrator

Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland, United States💼 Full-time🗓 2026-02-11 → 2026-09-25

Core

Senior Linux Administrator responsible for the deployment, configuration, and operational support of RHEL infrastructure hosting Census data collection and analysis applications.

Role type

Senior IC Linux Administrator (RHEL)

Builds

RHEL server clusters and enterprise-wide automated configurations

Domain

Federal Government / Data Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

RHEL 7/8/9 administration, Ansible automation, Bash scripting, Python, Linux performance tuning, kernel parameter analysis, SELinux troubleshooting, LVM/XFS/NFS storage management, TCP/IP networking

Preferred skills

Public Trust security clearance, RHCE/RHCA certification, Cisco UCS administration, IBM Storage Scale/GPFS experience

Technologies

Ansible, Bash, Python, RHEL, LVM, XFS, NFS, CLVM, SSSD, LDAP, Active Directory, vmstat, iostat, sar, perf, sysctl

Responsibilities

Manage the complete lifecycle (provisioning, patching, upgrading, decommissioning) of RHEL servers; Develop and maintain automation for enterprise-wide changes; Proactively monitor and tune RHEL environment performance for high-throughput data processing; Serve as escalation point for infrastructure issues and provide root cause analysis; Implement and maintain system security in accordance with federal standards (NIST, FISMA, DISA STIGs); Participate in 24/7/365 on-call rotation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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