Senior Linux Systems Administrator

Location: Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA

Employment Type: Full Time with Benefits (Salary negotiable)

Responsibilities

• Utilize Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration experience to provide technical problem solving and in‑depth consulting for system operations in a research, development, and testing and evaluation (RDT&E) environment for a Department of the Navy customer.
• Engineer, design, and implement solutions for multiple network architectures.
• Administer servers, end‑user workstations, and clustered systems in both unclassified and classified network environments.
• Participate in planning new hardware acquisitions, develop operating policies, and interact with vendors.
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to enable workstation/server use for complex computational problems.
• Support user workstations and associated software, including application installation, license management, software tracking/distribution, and backup/recovery of system configurations and user data.
• Assist users with account creation and approval of user access.

Requirements

• Active Department of Defense Top Secret security clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ CE certification and an active IAT Level 3 certification.
• Minimum six (6) years of professional experience in Unix and/or Linux system administration of networks and software systems.
• Experience with system backup and recovery, basic software management, security management, library management, hardware installation and configuration, and operational support of COTS software.
• Proficiency in operating computer systems across different environments and performing sizing, performance tuning, hardware/software/network troubleshooting, and resource allocation.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP.
• Experience with major network security tools such as firewalls.
• Understanding of computing and networking vulnerabilities, attack methods, and current detection techniques.

Pay

Salary negotiable.

Schedule

Full‑time position.