Senior Infrastructure Administrator, Systems
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As a Senior Infrastructure Administrator, Systems supporting Digital Bloodhound, you will help operate, maintain, and secure mission-critical Linux infrastructure supporting cyber operations. This role is focused on the day-to-day administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and sustainment of systems that support Detection-as-Code, cyber tooling, data pipelines, and operational environments.
You will manage Linux-based systems, support containerized and virtualized environments, troubleshoot production issues, maintain system security baselines, and help ensure reliable platform performance for mission users. You will work closely with engineering, cybersecurity, platform, and customer stakeholders to support system availability, hardening, automation, and operational readiness.
This role requires a hands-on administrator who is comfortable working in secure environments, supporting production systems, automating repeatable tasks, and resolving infrastructure issues quickly and effectively., For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.
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Requirements
- 10+ years of systems administration, infrastructure, or production operations experience
- Hands-on Linux administration experience, with a focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Ability to troubleshoot production performance, server, OS, application, and environment issues
- Bash scripting skills for automation, system checks, log review, and repeatable admin tasks
- Python scripting ability for system automation, tooling, or operational support
- Experience supporting containerized and virtualized environments such as Docker, VMware, Kubernetes, and Ansible
- Familiarity with cybersecurity tools such as Suricata and Zeek
- Experience working with logging, monitoring, or analytics tools such as Elastic, Logstash, and Kibana
- Ability to support patching, upgrades, configuration changes, system hardening, and security remediation
- Familiarity with network devices, network troubleshooting, and basic routing/switching concepts
- Ability to support disaster recovery planning, backup validation, and system restoration efforts
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Secret clearance required; this position supports work at IL4/IL6 classification levels within a USSF program environment
Highly preferred:
- Security+, CCNA, CCDE, or other IAT Level I or higher certification
- Experience supporting DoD, cyber, mission, or secure government environments
- Familiarity with DISA STIGs, system hardening, vulnerability remediation, or compliance-driven operations
- Understanding of operational support, change management, incident response, and project lifecycle processes
- Familiarity with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) or other scaled Agile delivery frameworks; this program operates within a SAFe ART structure
- Ability to work across infrastructure, cybersecurity, and software teams
- Clear communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Problem-solving mindset and ability to adapt as mission and business needs evolve
Benefits & conditions
- Secret clearance required; this position supports work at IL4/IL6 classification levels within a USSF program environment
Salary Range: $130,000.00 - $160,000.00
Work Type:
- On-site (ENSCO facility in Colorado Springs, CO 80916)
What we will offer you:
- Highly competitive salary
- Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) and company match
- Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays
- Education & training benefits
- Generous Referral Bonuses
- And More!
Our Vision Statement:
We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission.
Our Customer Obsession:
We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Our culture will enable our success and set us apart from other companies.
How do we get there?
Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to innovate and solve complex problems. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm.
Raft's core philosophy is Ubuntu: I Am, Because We are. We support our "nadi" by elevating the other Rafters. We work as a hyper collaborative team where each team member brings a unique perspective, adding value that did not exist before. People make Raft special. We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration.