What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Systems Engineer (Linux) position at GDH?
Role Summary
A highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer specializing in Linux infrastructure is sought to support critical modernization initiatives and platform engineering activities. This senior-level position involves designing, developing, and maintaining secure, high-availability enterprise Linux architectures within a hybrid environment. The role requires expertise in Linux system administration, automation, and security hardening to ensure robust infrastructure operations.
Responsibilities
This position offers a hybrid schedule, with time split between the office and remote work.
A highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer specializing in Linux infrastructure is sought to support critical modernization initiatives and platform engineering activities. This senior-level position involves designing, developing, and maintaining secure, high-availability enterprise Linux architectures within a hybrid environment. The role requires expertise in Linux system administration, automation, and security hardening to ensure robust infrastructure operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering, technical planning, and execution of modernizing legacy infrastructure into scalable Linux-based enterprise architectures.
- Configure, optimize, and manage enterprise-grade Linux distributions, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), across hybrid cloud environments.
- Analyze and address operating system performance, resource allocation, storage management, and kernel tuning considerations.
- Architect and deploy high-availability Linux clusters, failover mechanisms, and automated backup solutions.
- Develop automated configuration management scripts and infrastructure as code (IaC) to streamline deployment processes.
- Build and maintain secure pipelines and infrastructure for integration with enterprise data tools.
- Conduct root cause analysis, performance monitoring, and security hardening on Linux systems and servers.
- Identify and mitigate architectural vulnerabilities during system migrations through targeted engineering solutions.
- Prepare comprehensive technical documentation, deployment guides, and infrastructure topology diagrams.
- Collaborate on performance optimization, security compliance, and system troubleshooting to ensure system integrity.
- High School diploma with 9 years of related experience or equivalent.
- Active DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher (e.g., Security CE, CySA ).
- Recognized Linux certification such as RHCE or RHCSA.
- Extensive experience in Linux system administration, configuration, and troubleshooting for enterprise environments.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Bash, Python, or Puppet for systems orchestration.
- Proven ability to implement DISA STIGs and security hardening standards on Linux platforms.
- This position requires eligibility for a U.S. Government security clearance. In accordance with federal law, U.S. citizenship is required. Active Secret security clearance required.
- Strong understanding of enterprise Linux performance tuning, storage management, and network configuration.
- Experience with virtualization (VMware vSphere) or cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) is preferred.
- Familiarity with developing or utilizing integrations and data connectors for data governance platforms is advantageous.
This position offers a hybrid schedule, with time split between the office and remote work.
Salary : $55 - $60