Linux Engineer (Senior)

About the role

BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. We are looking for experienced System Engineers to join our technology-based program supporting a key government customer.

This program will deliver engineering services for network infrastructure as well as sophisticated enterprise computing infrastructure including end-point devices, data center hosted servers, multi-Cloud services as well as virtualized applications, and storage systems. Enterprise Computing Engineering services include modern application technology including containerized solutions with orchestrated workflow that function both on customer premise, and via remote Cloud services.

Responsibilities

The role includes performing systems engineering and software development in multiple large enterprise server environments, providing technical guidance in software engineering techniques and automated support tools, and developing and maintaining scripts and tools to automate Linux system administrative tasks.

• Perform systems engineering and software development in multiple large enterprise server environments (e.g., Linux, Red Hat, and Rocky OS)
• Provide technical guidance in software engineering techniques and automated support tools
• Develop and maintain scripts and tools to automate Linux system administrative tasks
• Ensure Linux systems are configured to meet security and compliance requirements
• Analyze functional business applications and design specifications for functional activities
• Prepare required documentation (program-level and user-level)
• Assist in establishing standards for information systems procedures
• Support the customer in the development and maintenance of systems baseline
• Assess server loads and work with technical leads to develop tuning recommendations
• Provide operational pager/phone duty support
• Complete day-to-day Operations & Maintenance tasks
• Perform operating system software updates, upgrades and patches

Requirements

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, with a background in Linux systems engineering.

• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of relevant experience
• Linux experience, including Red Hat and its derivatives (RHEL, RockyOS)
• Experience in shell (BASH) scripting and manipulating the Linux command line
• Experience providing Linux Administration (O&M) support
• Experience providing Linux Engineering and Infrastructure support
• Experience with configuration management software (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CloudFormation)

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include experience with Python and Bash, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CloudFormation, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

• Experience with Python and Bash
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), CloudFormation, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure
• Experience with cloud computing, including PaaS, IaaS and SaaS
• Experience with CaaS (e.g., Kubernetes and OpenShift)

Pay

The full-time salary range for this position is $132,962 - $226,035, based on market pay structures and individual qualifications.

Benefits

BAE Systems offers a range of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, health savings accounts, a 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Legal plan
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and other types of leave