Linux Systems Engineer -- Security Clearance REQUIRED

Description

The Leidos Spatial Solutions team has an opening for an experienced System Engineer to lead the engineering work for an on-premise system with a mission operations team. The team is involved in operation and sustainment of multiple operational cloud and on-premise deployed geospatial solutions. A successful candidate will have experience with installation, configuration, administration, support and maintenance of this on-premise system.  The candidate will need to be a self-starter with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, flexibility, good judgment and the ability to coordinate multiple, concurrent tasks in an effective manner.

Primary Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities will involve taking a leadership role in the administration, configuration and deployment of the mission capability; working directly with government and contractor POCs to troubleshoot and responding to user INCs (Incident Reports); proactively recommend configuration changes to help improve system performance; deploy security patches and bug fixes to test and operational environments; author and update operational and security documentation, including troubleshooting guides and SOPs; and migrate system and software packages to RHEL 9.

Basic Qualifications

• DOD 8570 Certification (Security or equivalent or higher)
• Self-starter with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, flexibility, good judgment and the ability to coordinate multiple, concurrent tasks in an effective manner
• Extensive experience configuring and deploying Linux operating systems
• Experience migrating systems and software packages to RHEL 9
• Experience performing security updates (running and applying patches)
• Linux system administration experience provisioning end users
• Experience scripting for administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and automation
• Experience using DevOps processes and technologies
• Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices
• Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire
• BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Red Hat certification(s)
• Linux certification(s)
• Experience using AWS/Cloud technologies
• Experience implementing automation solutions to reduce engineering and/or end user labor time

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.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

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