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BAE Systems, Inc. · 4 hours ago

Linux Engineer (Expert)

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $254K/yr

11+ years exp

BAE Systems, Inc. is a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, and they are seeking an Expert Linux Engineer to support a key government customer. The role involves providing engineering services for network infrastructure and sophisticated enterprise computing, including Linux systems administration and development tasks.

Defense & Space

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Perform systems engineering and software development in multiple large enterprise server environments (e.g., Linux, Red Hat, and Rocky OS)

Provide technical guidance in software engineering techniques and automated support tools

Develop and maintain scripts and tools to automate Linux system administrative tasks

Ensure Linux systems are configured to meet security and compliance requirements

Analyze functional business applications and design specifications for functional activities

Prepare required documentation (program-level and user-level)

Assist in establishing standards for information systems procedures

Support the customer in the development and maintenance of systems baseline

Assess server loads and work with technical leads to develop tuning recommendations

Additional duties, as assigned

Provide operational pager/phone duty support

Complete day-to-day Operations & Maintenance tasks

Perform operating system software updates, upgrades and patches

Qualification

Linux experienceLinux AdministrationConfiguration management softwareShell scriptingCloud computingTechnical guidanceOperational supportDocumentation preparationTeam collaboration

Required

Must have Bachelors degree and 11+ years of relevant experience

Linux experience, including Red Hat and its derivatives (RHEL, RockyOS)

Experience in shell (BASH) scripting and manipulating the Linux command line

Experience providing Linux Administration (O&M) support

Experience providing Linux Engineering and Infrastructure support

Experience with configuration management software (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CloudFormation)

Preferred

Experience with the following languages: Python and Bash

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), CloudFormation, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure

Experience with cloud computing, including PaaS, IaaS and SaaS

Experience with CaaS (e.g., Kubernetes and OpenShift)

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Health savings accounts

A 401(k) savings plan

Disability coverage

Life and accident insurance

Employee assistance program

A legal plan

Discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental

Military

Bereavement

Any applicable federal and state sick leave

Company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards

Company

BAE Systems, Inc.

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Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do. BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S.

Founded in 1999

Falls Church, Virginia, US

10001+ employees

https://jobs.baesystems.com/global/en

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