# Linux Administrator - Secret Clearance Required

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Falls Church, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $119,000 - $161,000
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Linux Administrator to support the Infrastructure Management Monitoring Team in Falls Church, Virginia. This role is critical to maintaining and supporting Linux operating systems. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem solver who thrives in a dynamic, mission-driven environment and can engage confidently with senior military and government leadership.

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide system administration support for Linux operating systems including installing software, applying patches, managing file systems, monitoring performance, and troubleshooting alerts from monitoring tools.

- Analyze and resolve problems associated with the operating system, servers, hardware, and applications software.

- Perform daily monitoring of interface programs between multiple enterprise systems; review daily logs and ensure successful completion.

- Perform incremental and full cold backups/patching.

- Implement, configure, update, and maintain Ansible servers and scripts.

- Implement, configure, update, and maintain STIG Manager servers and scripts.

- Implement, configure, update, and maintain the Linux operating system firewall.

**Requirements:**

- 8+ years of overall demonstrated experience as a RHEL 7 and/or RHEL 8 Servers

- Experience administering RHEL 7/8 Linux servers and applying Linux best practices

- Strong Linux administration skills with knowledge of enterprise network architectures

- Hands-on experience with automation/configuration tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)

- Skilled in scripting for automation (Bash, Ruby, Python, Perl)

- Solid understanding of Linux internals (system calls, file systems, processes)

- Working knowledge of TCP/IP and related protocols (HTTP, FTP, NFS)

**Benefits:**

- Medical plan options

- Dental plan options

- Vision plan

- 401(k) plan with company match

- Paid time off plans

- Short and long-term disability benefits

- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

## Skills

### Required
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Disaster Recovery (DR)
- Enterprise Systems
- Ansible
- Bash
- Ruby
- Python
- Perl
- TCP/IP
- HTTP
- FTP
- NFS

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