Senior Linux System Administrator/System Engineer
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Job description
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *, The Sr. System Administrator / System Engineer supports a high-visibility, mission-critical environment by providing expert-level administration, engineering, and sustainment of Linux-based systems across secure facilities. This role requires deep technical proficiency in CentOS/RHEL environments, enterprise middleware (JBoss/Wildfly), virtualization, automation, and secure system operations. The engineer will collaborate across mission teams, and provide support to maintain system reliability, availability, and compliance. The position demands a strong independent work ethic, adaptability, and broad familiarity with modern infrastructure components including storage, networking, security, and scripting.
Requirements
- 10 + years' experience administering to, and engineering solutions with Oracle's database. Extensive experience with database design and modeling; as well as the collection and interpretation of customer requirements relevant to database migration, troubleshooting, performance observation and tuning.
- Minimum 10 years of experience as a Linux System Administrator or Systems Engineer supporting mission environments.
- Extensive hands-on experience with:
- CentOS / RHEL administration
- Installation, configuration, and sustainment of JBoss/Wildfly
- VMware VM creation, configuration, and operations
- Strong ability to work independently in fast-paced, mission-oriented environments.
- CompTIA Security+ certification required
Desired Skills:
- Experience with Red Hat Ansible for automation and configuration management.
- Storage administration
- Networking fundamentals
- Security compliance and hardening
- Authentication systems (e.g., LDAP, Kerberos)
- Scripting (Shell, Python preferred)
- Physical server administration
Additional Desired Skills or Familiarization:
- Oracle Database or related DBA experience
- Working with JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)