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About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
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Listed pay typically runs
$92,300–$166,850
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Senior Linux Engineer
The Senior Linux Engineer joins the Defense Sector team to design and implement Infrastructure as Code while managing servers and related services. This role involves administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 operating systems, performing patch management, and executing security hardening. The engineer will build and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for infrastructure automation, utilizing tools like Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, and Packer to automate deployments. Day-to-day tasks include troubleshooting complex RHEL environments, optimizing configuration management, and integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines. Technical requirements include experience with containerization products such as Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift, alongside shell scripting in languages like Python or Perl. The role addresses the technical challenge of automating infrastructure for defense systems while ensuring compliance with security policies and managing Satellite and Capsule management systems to mitigate vulnerabilities across various server environments.
Stennis Space Center, MS39 days ago
$92,300–$166,850
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ansible
Red Hat Satellite
High Performance Computing
Bash
Python
Virtualization
Enterprise Storage
Security+ CE
RHCSA
CompTIA Linux+
LPIC-1