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# Senior Linux Administrator

- **Company:** Vsg Business Solutions
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,640.0 - $135,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Build Automation, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Linux, Linux System Administration, Linux Servers, NetApp Applications, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Oracle Linux, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Patch Management, Terraform
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usfabc8f5c0c9ad2f1befa2ef7b2a98816

## About the Role

Hybrid commercial and government infrastructure (~1,000 Linux servers total, ~130 on the government side). Government environment is fully cloud-based; the new build is greenfield. Collaborative team culture that values engineers who ask questions, follow process, and work cross-functionally - not lone wolves.

 * Senior-level Linux administration, especially RHEL and/or Oracle Linux
 * Hands-on Microsoft Azure experience (infrastructure provisioning, not just identity administration)
 * STIG implementation and verification experience
 * Working knowledge of NIST 800-171 and CMMC
 * Experience building and hardening infrastructure in secure or regulated government environments
 * Strong documentation skills
 * Azure Government / GCC High experience specifically
 * Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure automation
 * NetApp familiarity
 * Experience mentoring or leading within an infrastructure team

## Description

* You'll architect and provision the new government-side Linux infrastructure, implement and verify STIGs, and help drive the organization's CMMC compliance initiative
 * You'll also write the standards and documentation the rest of the team follows, and mentor junior engineers along the way
 * Architect, provision, and harden new Oracle Linux and RHEL infrastructure in Azure Government (GCC High)
 * Implement and verify STIG hardening; support weekly vulnerability reviews and remediation
 * Support the organization's CMMC compliance initiative and align infrastructure to NIST 800-171
 * Build automation for provisioning, configuration, and patch management (Ansible and similar)
 * Author standards, procedures, and implementation documentation
 * Mentor junior Linux engineers and collaborate daily across cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, network, cloud, and application teams

Nice to Have
Azure Government / GCC High experience specifically
Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure automation
NetApp familiarity
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