Linux System Administrator

Leidos

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Location
Chantilly, VA
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Full-time
Posted
13 days ago
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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

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TL;DR · Linux System Administrator

The Linux System Administrator will join the team to support a mission-critical enterprise identity and access management system. The role involves providing lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations while maintaining 99.9% system availability. Key responsibilities include administering Linux systems across multiple environments, managing cloud initiatives, and overseeing collaboration applications like Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and RocketChat. The successful candidate will monitor performance, perform system checkouts, test patches, and document root cause analyses. Required technical skills include a strong Linux background, infrastructure management best practices, and experience with Agile collaboration tools. The position requires solving complex technical problems within a cross-domain architecture, ensuring security compliance, and coordinating with enterprise partners to manage failover decisions across various data centers and availability zones.

What you'll do

  • Administer and maintain Linux systems across multiple operational and development environments.
  • Support cloud initiatives to meet evolving customer requirements.
  • Administer collaboration applications including Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and RocketChat.
  • Manage user accounts and resolve application access issues.
  • Monitor system performance and make configuration changes to maintain 99.9% availability.
  • Coordinate with enterprise partners during outages and make failover decisions across data centers.
  • Perform system checkouts and test upgrades and patches in operational environments.
  • Document incidents, root cause analyses, and develop user guides for program tools.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
  • 2–4 years of experience as a Systems Administrator or in a similar technical role.
  • Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and willingness to be approved for a CI Poly.
  • Strong Linux background and familiarity with infrastructure management best practices.
  • Experience with Agile collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and RocketChat.
  • Ability to work a Panama shift schedule, including weekends and holidays.
  • Experience with AWS or other cloud service providers and cloud-based architectures (preferred).
  • Familiarity with cross-domain architectures at multiple levels (preferred).

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