What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Red Hat Linux Administrator position at SAIC?
Job ID 2610475
Location Arlington, VA, US
Date Posted 2026-03-20
Category Information Technology
Subcategory Sys Administrator
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None
Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is currently seeking an experienced Linux and UNIX Administrator to operate and maintain Red Hat and Oracle Linux (Release 7 and 8), and HP-UX (11.31) operating systems within a Platform Systems Services (PSS) hosting environment.
Shift Schedule Monday-Friday onsite in Arlington. 800 to 500 PM core hours with occasional after hours’ onsite work to support both a NIPR and SIPR environment.
Position Overview
TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience
Location Arlington, VA, US
Date Posted 2026-03-20
Category Information Technology
Subcategory Sys Administrator
Schedule Full-Time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None
Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is currently seeking an experienced Linux and UNIX Administrator to operate and maintain Red Hat and Oracle Linux (Release 7 and 8), and HP-UX (11.31) operating systems within a Platform Systems Services (PSS) hosting environment.
Shift Schedule Monday-Friday onsite in Arlington. 800 to 500 PM core hours with occasional after hours’ onsite work to support both a NIPR and SIPR environment.
Position Overview
- Provide effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of Linux and UNIX Servers in test, stage and production environments hosting multiple Oracle databases.
- Apply DISA STIG compliance controls to secure systems.
- Responsible for daily system monitoring, security, server health, resources and log management of all Linux and UNIX systems.
- Troubleshooting and performing root cause analysis. This includes troubleshooting any and all issues with system configurations, backups, files systems, hardware, and user access.
- Work closely with Oracle Database Administrators (DBAs) group.
TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience
- This position requires US citizenship and an active DOD Secret clearance.
- Possess DoD 8570.01-M/DoD 8140 Certification IAW established mandate - IAT Level II required (CCNA Security, CySA , GICSP, GSEC, Security CE, SSCP); IAT Level III is desirable (CASP CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH). Applicants not meeting this requirement will not be considered.
- Solid knowledge of Linux Networking concepts.
- Skilled in Linux-related scripting (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.)
- Experience with applying patches to implement functionality or address security concerns.
- Hands on experience with Oracle Linux (OEL) and Oracle Database Appliances (ODA).
- Oracle Certified Associate or Professional certification, or similar Red Hat certifications.
- IAT Level III is desirable (CASP CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH).
- Experience with Oracle Support system with opening tickets and downloading patches.