DoW Linux System Administrator (Mid/Senior) - 28244

About the role

This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS), a business group within HII’s Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintains smooth operation of multi-user computer systems, including coordination with network administrators.
• Interacts with users and evaluates vendor products.
• Makes recommendations to purchase hardware and software, coordinates installation and provides backup recovery.
• Develops and monitors policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
• Ancillary duties may include setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space.
• Position will be on-site in Roanoke, VA.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience administering and securing primarily Linux enterprise environments
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals, including DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, and firewall concepts
• Experience performing system hardening, patch management, and vulnerability remediation
• Proven ability to manage multi-user system environments and collaborate with network, security, and engineering teams
• Experience developing or maintaining system documentation, configurations, and operational procedures
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance and meet program-specific eligibility requirements

Qualifications

• Systems Administrator II: 3 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 1 year relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 7 years relevant experience.
• Systems Administrator III: 6 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 4 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 10 years relevant experience.
• Systems Administrator IV: 10 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 8 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 14 years relevant experience.

Skills

• Expertise with infrastructure automation (Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell DSC, or similar)
• Experience designing and managing identity services (AD, LDAP, PKI) and Zero Trust–aligned architectures
• Hands-on experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, Nutanix, or similar)
• Familiarity with DevSecOps toolchains and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, Artifactory)
• Strong background in monitoring, observability, and performance tuning
• Prior experience in a secure DoD, IC, or defense contractor environment
• Proven ability to lead incident response and root-cause analysis for enterprise systems

Benefits

• Best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices
• Wellness resources
• Employee assistance programs
• Savings Plan Options (401(k))
• Financial planning tools, life insurance
• Employee discounts
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation

Pay

Anticipated Salary Range: $90,000.00 - $140,000.00

Schedule

Full Time/Salaried/Exempt