Senior AWS / Linux Systems Engineer (Systems Engineer IV)

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid Onsite 2 3 days per week)
Duration: 6 Months (Extensions Likely)
Interview Process: Virtual
Experience Required: 10 Years
Education: Bachelor s Degree Required
Certifications: AWS Certification Required

Job Description

Seeking a Senior AWS/Linux Systems Engineer with deep experience in AWS Cloud, Linux administration, automation, scripting, and enterprise infrastructure operations. This hybrid role requires hands-on engineering as well as collaboration with DevOps, Operations, and IAM teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect, engineer, configure, and deploy AWS and on-prem infrastructure solutions

• Work closely with System Operations to build self-service provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, logging, and monitoring services

• Update system documentation and support operational processes

• Install and configure applications and servers (physical & virtual)

• Continuously monitor, troubleshoot, and improve infrastructure performance

• Operate monitoring, alerting, backups, antivirus, anti-spam, malware tools, and offsite storage systems

• Manage user profiles, AD groups, OU structure, and multi-factor authentication resets

• Maintain AD custom attributes and security groups

• Support IAM functions including user/group management, password operations, and metrics

• Respond to audit requests and ensure compliance standards are met

• Write, update, and maintain procedural documentation

• Investigate incidents, prepare reports, and provide audit evidence

• Develop scripts to automate repetitive tasks

Required Skills & Experience

• 10 years in Systems Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering

• Strong AWS architecture and AWS CLI experience

• Hands-on Linux administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.)

• Shell scripting: Shell, Perl, Python

• Experience with ECS, EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, and other AWS services

• Unix/Linux installation, operations, security, and troubleshooting

• Understanding of ports, protocols, routing, and switching in enterprise networks

• Experience with public cloud infrastructure management

• Strong experience in mature enterprise environments and best practices

Nice to Have

• RHEL Satellite experience

• Puppet experience

• Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)

• Experience supporting Identity and Access Management operations