Mid-Level Linux System Engineer

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

In this role, the Systems Engineer works directly alongside customer stakeholders, program leads, and multidisciplinary engineering teams to bridge high-level operational concepts with hands-on system administration and infrastructure maintenance. The engineer participates across the full systems engineering lifecycle—supporting requirements elicitation, architectural alignment (e.g., DoDAF, SOA), configuration control, interface definition, and verification/validation efforts.

The annual base salary range for this role is $168,000-$198,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Customer Stakeholder Collaboration: Work directly with operational leads and customer representatives across multiple physical locations to support capability deployment and daily operations.

System Administration Maintenance: Perform routine maintenance, system monitoring, and troubleshooting on multi-site Linux systems to ensure continuous uptime and operational readiness.

Automation Process Optimization: Design, build, and maintain automation scripts using Bash and Python to streamline operational workflows and reduce manual maintenance overhead.

Security Compliance Management: Apply Agency STE/STN security compliance controls, perform configuration audits, and align systems with established policies and directives.

Network Container Support: Assist with basic Cisco network switch configurations and manage containerized application environments.

Technical Documentation: Develop, update, and maintain comprehensive, accessible technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and system architecture diagrams.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Intelligence Studies, Computer Science, Finance/Economics, or a related discipline, PLUS 7 years of specialized data analytics or financial intelligence experience OR High School Diploma / GED, PLUS 12 years of hands-on intelligence analysis, financial tracking, and data discovery experience in lieu of a degree.

Hands-on experience administering Windows Server operating systems.

Familiarity with NetApp storage systems and enterprise storage administration.

Experience managing virtualized environments using VMware vSphere and vCenter.

Operational familiarity with the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence) for issue tracking and team collaboration.

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn,  earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team, 

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle. 

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule. 

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS?  Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.  

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.