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Senior UNIX System Engineer

Integral Federal, Inc.
Radford, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/11/2025
The Senior UNIX System Engineer is responsible for the performance and oversight of the mixed and growing environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Oracle Enterprise Linux and Solaris UNIX requirements for the U.S. Army Product Lead Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services (PL ALTESS).

  • Work with the existing UNIX team to manage, maintain, deploy, troubleshoot and support servers for a mixed customer environment.
  • Plan, execute and implement new system HW and SW and create and maintain team technical instructions, operating procedures and policies as needed.
  • Adept at monitoring and tuning system performance, ongoing operation of the servers, hardening of the servers and reporting of the overall security and operational status.
  • Recommend improvements to the enterprise and manage new SW/HW integrations when required while also providing utilization reports using existing tools to identify problems and corrective actions as needed.
  • Provide support towards the lifecycle of a mixed environment of vendor equipment in the datacenter to include firmware version control and periodic preventive maintenance.
  • Need to be able to recommend, demonstrate, and implement technologies to help expand, upgrade, and increase efficiency to the current environment.


Required

  • CompTIA Security .
  • Experience in Computer Science or IT.
  • Computing Environment (CE) Certification (i.e., RedHat) - can be waived for 30 days after project join date.
  • Five or more years' experience as a Unix Systems Administrator or IT Engineer with experience in automating assigned tasks.
  • Three or more years’ experience in patch management with understanding how to apply security updates to systems via YUM and RPM.
  • Three or more years’ experience working in an environment with complex networks while demonstrating experience using VLANs, troubleshooting tools such as ifconfig, netstat, ssh and telnet as well as how to harden a system using firewalld/iptables and hosts.
  • Three or more years’ experience managing a large pool of local users through the use of the command line.
  • Three or more years' experience creating, maintaining, following Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable processes, disaster recovery, and common problem resolution.
  • Three or more years’ experience configuring and maintaining key services such as DNS, SFTP, SMTP, and NTP.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player with excellent communication and team skills.
  • Active DOD Secret Security Clearance.


Preferred

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience.
  • Three or more years’ experience with SELinux - understand the basic and advanced management and configuration of SELinux.
  • Experience supporting Cybersecurity patch management and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), Security Requirement Guides (SRG), RMF, Security Control Assessor-Validator (SCA-V), and Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA).
  • Experience deploying large scale HW and SW systems enhancements and/or upgrades for an organization with widely distributed geographic sites.
  • Experience with current and emerging network and infrastructure management technologies and business practices.


Integral partners with federal defense, intelligence, and civilian leaders to tackle their most important challenges and deliver positive outcomes. Since our founding in 1998, we have helped clients leverage existing and emerging technologies to transform their enterprises, empower growth, drive innovation, and build sustainable success. The forward-leaning solutions we deliver are tailored to each mission with a focus on keeping our nation safe and secure.

Integral is headquartered in McLean, VA and serves clients throughout the country.

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package including paid parental leave and immediate vesting in our 401(k). Give us a try and become part of a curated group of professionals at Integral Federal!

Our package also includes

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off & Holidays
  • Earned Bonuses & Awards
  • Professional Training Reimbursement
  • Paid Parking
  • Employee Assistance Program


Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability

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