Senior Linux Systems Engineer

Peraton is seeking an experienced Senior Linux Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, and diverse individuals.

This position is fully remote.

The role involves offering assistance in implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining IT systems. The candidate 
will be responsible for managing the infrastructure of IT systems and overseeing any associated processes. 
This includes providing support for day-to-day operations, monitoring, and resolving client issues. They will also 
handle second-level problem identification, diagnosis, and resolution. Furthermore, the candidate will provide 
support for dispatching system and hardware problems, remaining actively involved in the resolution process. 
Effective escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers will also be part 
of the responsibilities.

Day to Day Work Responsibilities:

• Create Chef cookbooks and Ansible playbooks to maintain and automate various parts of infrastructure
• Provide technical support to Production and development environments
• Analyze and resolve problems associated with Linux servers, hardware, applications, and software.
• Complete administrative tasks on RedHat servers
• Maintain monthly patching cycles for production and non-production servers
• Utilize AWS EC2 service to provision and maintain
• Install, test and automate security baselines and vulnerability patches to comply with DISA STIG guidelines
• User/File management

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years experience or Master's degree and 6 years experience or high school diploma/equivalent and minimum 12 years of experience.
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Proficiency in Linux (Red Hat) and Unix-based systems.
• Expertise in Ansible with experience creating and managing Ansible playbooks for automating and maintaining infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of security best practices and tools specific to Linux systems.
• Proficiency in Shell Scripting (Bash, YAML).
• Experience with system monitoring tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, or Prometheus.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.
• Experience working in a cloud environment.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.