# Linux Systems Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Chantilly, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Chantilly-VA/Linux-Systems-Engineer---TS-SCI-with-Polygraph_R-00192226?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

Leidos is seeking a Linux Systems Engineer to support a mission-critical customer environment in Chantilly, VA. This role involves administering, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Linux-based systems and servers within a virtualized environment. The successful candidate will support day-to-day system administration, engineering, configuration management, virtualization, and security operations across a multi-network environment.

**Responsibilities:**

- Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux-based systems and servers within a virtualized environment.

- Maintain the operational security posture of information systems and support day-to-day system security operations.

- Perform and support system vulnerability scans, security audits, remediation, and compliance activities.

- Implement and maintain system security configurations and requirements.

- Provide configuration management for information system hardware, software, firmware, and security components.

- Support system engineering activities, including planning, designing, analyzing, and improving hardware- and software-based system processes.

- Troubleshoot complex system and infrastructure issues and develop effective technical solutions.

- Support systems operating across multiple network environments.

- Work collaboratively with engineers, developers, technicians, analysts, and users to identify requirements and resolve technical issues.

- Investigate and document existing system architectures and configurations.

- Support operational systems in a dynamic mission environment.

**Requirements:**

- Active TS/SCI with the required Polygraph.

- Bachelor's degree and approximately 4 years of relevant experience.

- At least four years of recent experience supporting systems engineering, system administration, system processes, and/or software development methodologies.

- Demonstrated hands-on experience with Linux system administration and engineering.

- Experience maintaining the security posture of information systems, including system scans, security audits, and day-to-day security operations.

- Experience with configuration management of system hardware, software, firmware, and security components.

- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and solve complex technical problems.

- Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary technical team.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

- Experience implementing or maintaining DISA STIGs or similar system-hardening/security-compliance requirements.

- Experience with virtualization and container technologies such as VMware, Red Hat Virtualization, and Docker.

- Experience configuring, deploying, or maintaining Identity and Access Management (IdAM), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and PKI-enabled systems.

- Experience translating user and developer use cases into technical system requirements.

- Experience documenting existing system architectures.

- Experience supporting operational mission systems.

**Pay Range:** $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

## Skills

### Required
- Linux system administration
- Linux engineering
- system security
- configuration management
- virtualization

### Nice to have
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- DISA STIGs
- VMware
- Red Hat Virtualization
- Docker
- Identity and Access Management (IdAM)
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- PKI-enabled systems

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