Linux Systems Administrator

About the role

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a SME Linux Systems Administrator and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a SME Linux Systems Administrator, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of USCENTCOM. You will play a crucial role in configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Linux-based server environments supporting a large-scale enterprise infrastructure. This role supports mission-critical systems across an environment of more than 5,000 users, 1,000 servers, and 10,000 endpoints. The administrator will collaborate closely with other Enterprise Services teams to ensure system availability, performance, security compliance, and operational efficiency in support of USCENTCOM mission requirements.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Configure, deploy, and maintain Linux server environments, including physical and virtual systems.
• Administer Red Hat and CentOS Linux systems, ensuring stability, performance, and security compliance.
• Configure and manage Linux services such as Apache, Nginx, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and related system services.
• Maintain SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle activities supporting Linux-based services.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, storage, and security teams to design and implement Linux-based solutions aligned with enterprise requirements.
• Participate in system upgrades, migrations, and the deployment of new Linux infrastructure components.
• Ensure incidents, problems, and service requests are tracked, prioritized, escalated, and resolved appropriately.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including system configurations, troubleshooting guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Produce reports and data sets to inform leadership of system performance, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior administrators and team members.
• Support projects focused on improving the security, efficiency, scalability, and resilience of Linux environments.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts across Enterprise Services teams.

Job Qualifications

• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ CE | CompTIA - CompTIA, ITIL 4 Foundation | PeopleCert - PeopleCert, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) | Red Hat - Red Hat
• Experience: 5+ years of related experience in Linux/RedHat Systems Administration.
• Required skills: Demonstrated proficiency administering Red Hat and CentOS Linux systems in enterprise environments; strong experience building, deploying, and maintaining Linux server infrastructures; expertise in system performance tuning, availability management, and security hardening; experience implementing patches, updates, and configuration changes in controlled environments; ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex systems issues under operational constraints; strong documentation skills for system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides; proven ability to work collaboratively across multiple IT disciplines.

Skills

• CentOS
• Linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Benefits

GDIT offers comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, including a 401(k) plan with company match, competitive pay and paid time off, short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance. We also provide a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave. GDIT is committed to work/life balance and offers full flex work weeks where possible.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $114,750 - $155,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Telecommuting

Telecommuting Options: Onsite Work Location: USA FL MacDill AFB

Additional Work Locations

Total Rewards At GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development. Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are proud to be an inclusive employer and celebrate diversity in our workforce.