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Red Hat Linux System Administrator

Chenega Professional Services Strategic Business Unit
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 10/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/29/2025
Summary

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Professional & Technical Services, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services’ company, is looking for a Red Hat Linux System Administrator to support a federal agency.

Our company offers employees the opportunity to join a team where there is a robust employee benefits program, management engagement, quality leadership, an atmosphere of teamwork, recognition for performance, and promotion opportunities. We actively strive to channel our highly engaged employee’s knowledge, critical thinking, innovative solutions for our clients.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with specific projects, supplementing capabilities, and performing system planning, analysis, and management as needed on the installed operational platforms managed by ESS.
  • Provision IP addresses and configure DNS host files.
  • Provide expertise in network design and planning.
  • Actively engage in United States Secret Service (USSS) status meetings to provide updates and gather requirements.
  • Register for and allocate subscriptions from Red Hat Satellite services.
  • Maintain Red Hat Satellite at current vendor-supported release levels.
  • Ensure Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers are updated to current vendor-supported release levels.
  • Support the patching of Linux systems through scripting (Ansible) or manual execution (yum).
  • Perform OS installation and configure environmental variables for Linux systems.
  • Convert pseudo-code specifications into tested and functioning Ansible Playbooks to automate various DEVOPS processes.
  • Develop, debug, and deploy automated implementations of STIG settings using Ansible Playbooks.
  • Set and distribute authentication and authorization rights within Identity Manager for targeted hosts, groups, and users.
  • Work with automated and semi-automated software distribution, OS maintenance, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on hosted servers and containers, both on-premises and in the cloud, using Red Hat Satellite, Capsule, and Microsoft Azure products.
  • Patch Linux systems using yum CLI, scripting, Ansible Playbooks (YAML), and Satellite toolsets.
  • Connect key information from customer trouble ticketing tools with environment management tools such as Ansible AAP, PostgreSQL database, or Red Hat Satellite.
  • Capture key features and deliverables from verbal instructions to develop written specifications.
  • Convert specifications into pseudo code, which is then translated into programming languages such as Ansible Playbooks and Python, as well as toolset instructions (e.g., SQL).
  • Utilize version control tools such as Git and GitHub from USSS-approved sources.
  • Other duties as assigned


Qualifications

  • 4 years of Red Hat Linux System administration experience.
  • Current certification as a Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA).


Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.


Estimated Salary/Wage

USD $125,000.00/Yr. Up to USD $145,000.00/Yr.

Salary : $125,000 - $145,000

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