Linux Systems Engineer

General Dynamics

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Chantilly, VA
Salary
$140,821–$190,523 / yr
Posted
31 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $164k
This role $166k
$130k most similar roles pay here $201k

This role pays less than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $136,605–$190,632 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1123 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $124,093–$150,385 across 984 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at General Dynamics

At a glance

TL;DR · Linux Systems Engineer

As a Linux Systems Engineer, you will join the IT Infrastructure and Operations team to provide timely solutions for mission infrastructure. You will design and define system architectures for new or existing computer systems while coordinating development activities including modeling, security, integration, and formal testing. Your daily responsibilities involve overseeing complex infrastructure by installing, configuring, and maintaining operating systems, application software, and management tools. You will also manage security, backup, and redundancy problems while maintaining technical documentation. The role requires expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware, LDAP integration, NFS, Web Servers, LVM, and Linux security hardening. Additional technical skills include experience with Red Hat Satellite Server, Fiber Channel storage, Ansible, Terraform, and containerization. This position focuses on solving complex engineering problems within a high-security environment requiring a TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

What you'll do

  • Design and define system architecture for new and existing computer systems.
  • Coordinate system development including design, modeling, security, integration, and formal testing.
  • Install, configure, test, and maintain operating systems, application software, and management tools.
  • Provide complex solutions for security, backup, and redundancy issues.
  • Manage infrastructure involving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware, and AD/LDAP integration.
  • Perform technical configurations for NFS, web servers, certificates, LVM, and storage over Fiber Channel.
  • Prepare and maintain documentation for engineering project processes and procedures.

What we're looking for

  • Must possess a Top Secret SCI with Polygraph clearance.
  • Must be a United States citizen.
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or another related technical field.
  • 8+ years of related experience.
  • Current DoD IAT II Level certification.
  • Proficiency in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware, LDAP integration, and Linux security hardening.
  • Experience with NFS, Web Servers, LVM, Red Hat Satellite Server, and Fiber Channel storage configuration.
  • Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI with Polygraph.

More like this

Similar roles

Systems Engineer

General Dynamics

Chantilly, VA 78 days ago $182,369$246,735
AWS ServiceNow SQL Oracle Linux Kubernetes JSON Agile Waterfall Spiral Systems Design Certificate Management Integration Design Database Design Scripting
10+ yrs exp

Systems Engineer

General Dynamics

Herndon, VA 8 days ago $148,750$201,250
DevOps Kubernetes Helm Python Bash Java C# Linux Git Ansible Jenkins Rundeck Gradle Maven Poetry Apache Kafka Elastic Stack Configuration Management
10+ yrs exp

Software Engineer

General Dynamics

Chantilly, VA 77 days ago $159,774$216,166
Java TypeScript JavaScript HTML CSS Spring Boot Hibernate JPA Vue React Angular SQL Oracle Git GitHub GitLab REST Agile Linux Shell Scripting AWS Gradle Maven Jenkins JUnit Cypress ServiceNow Kubernetes
10+ yrs exp

Principal Systems Engineer

General Dynamics

Chantilly, VA 8 days ago $128,039$173,229
Agile DevSecOps CI/CD Artificial Intelligence PowerBI Test Automation Observability Systems Engineering Software Development Portfolio Rationalization
8+ yrs exp

Software Engineer

General Dynamics

Chantilly, VA 57 days ago $185,057$250,371
Java Spring Boot Hibernate JPA TypeScript JavaScript HTML CSS Vue React Angular SQL Oracle REST Git GitHub GitLab Agile Linux Shell Scripting AWS Gradle Maven Jenkins JUnit Cypress ServiceNow Kubernetes
10+ yrs exp

Software Engineer

General Dynamics

Chantilly, VA 69 days ago $124,093$166,626
Java TypeScript JavaScript HTML CSS Spring Boot Hibernate JPA Vue React Angular SQL Oracle Git GitHub GitLab RESTful APIs Agile Linux Windows Shell Scripting AWS Gradle Maven Jenkins JUnit Cypress ServiceNow Kubernetes
6+ yrs exp