Senior Linux Systems Administrator
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Job Location:
Alexandria, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 107900 - 195050
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) program at Leidos is looking to add a Senior Linux Systems Administrator. Our mission is to develop tools for the United States Department of Defense test and training communities to increase the speed of the development cycle to get capabilities to the warfighter more rapidly. The Sr. System Administrator will work within a team engineers developers and system administrators adding new capabilities to our enclaves as well as ensuring the existing systems are secure and performing as intended.
This position is located in Alexandria VA and you must be able to work on site as needed. There is an ability to telework 2-3 days a week. All candidates must be within a reasonable driving distance to the work location to be considered.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide support for installing and maintaining Linux servers
- Provide technical leadership for migrating on premise infrastructure to hybrid cloud solution.
- Provide support for troubleshooting from OS to application level issues
- Manage networking equipment including switches routers and firewalls
- Manage configuration and maintenance of core enclave infrastructure services including DCHP DNS e-mail Apache Web Servers Tomcat application servers Atlassian applications MariaDB database servers.
- Configure and monitor security tools required for DoD networks.
- Participate and contribute to design discussions related to improving the capabilities performance and security posture of new and existing services
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree with 8 years of experience or a Masters Degree with 6 years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain at least a DoD Secret clearance within 120 days of your employment.
- 8 years of relevant experience doing system administration on Linux servers networking equipment and security monitoring equipment.
- DoD 8570 IAT level I compliant
Preferred Qualifications
- US Citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance or higher and the ability to maintain that clearance during your employment.
- 10 years of experience providing Red Hat System Administration to DoD IT systems
- DoD 8570 IAT level III compliant
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
January 28 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $107900.00 - $195050.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Active Directory
- Computer information Technology
- PowerShell
- OS
- Windows
- Database
- SCCM
- Linux
- SAN
- Troubleshoot
- Backup
- Setup
- Technical Support
- UNIX
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
