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# Linux Systems Administrator

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Alexandria, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $97,008.0 - $164,914.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Software Applications, User Authentication, Bash Shell, Configuration Management, Linux, PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, Public Key Infrastructure, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Zabbix, SSL Certificate Management, Sysadmin, Gitlab, Tenable Nessus, Servicenow
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9014438/linux-systems-administrator

## About the Role

A successful candidate should be customer service oriented, attentive to detail, self-motivated and work well in teams. Flexibility in approach to finding solutions, the ability to understand and act on the customer needs and priorities and learn new technologies quickly. You will also need to be willing to respond to occasional off-hours outages and take part in subsequent service restoration efforts., * Bachelor's Degree and 4 years work experience or equivalent experience

 * Linux Administration (RHEL 7/8)
 * PostgreSQL experience
 * Bash Scripting and process automation
 * Direct experience with Apache Web Server and Apache Tomcat
 * PKI Authentication
 * SSL Certificate Management
 * DoD System Admin Experience (STIGs, RMF, etc.)
 * DoD 8570 IAT II (or better) Certification (i.e. Security+)
 * OS Software Certification (i.e. Linux+)

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

 * Networking Experience
 * Zabbix
 * Radix/eMASS (or similar scanning tools)
 * ServiceNow Application/Systems Administration
 * GitLab Administration
 * Ansible
 * SSO experience

## Description

The selected system administrator will work with a team of engineers to review and define configurations, create automation scripts to deploy and configure network assets, review, and deploy software applications, and provide support for testing, demonstration, and technical interchange meetings to include troubleshooting, patching, hardening, and configuration management.


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