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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Linux Administrator - **Company:** CACI - **Location:** Stuttgart, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** €82,700.0 - €173,900.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Ubuntu (Operating System), CentOS, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Log Analysis, OpenShift, Performance Tuning, Role-Based Access Control, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Configuration Management, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Logging, Transport Layer Security, Load Balancing, Sysadmin, Delivery Pipeline, Large Language Models, Grafana, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Gitlab, Git, Cloudformation, SC Clearance, Containerization, Selinux, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Patch Management, Virtual Agents, CIS Benchmarks, Firewall Services Module, Terraform, Software Version Control, Automation Anywhere, Docker - **Published:** August 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5857154772 ## About the Role * Currently hold an Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI. * Currently a US Citizen * 5+ years of hands-on Enterprise Linux Administration experience (RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu Server) in mission-critical environments. * Extensive experience writing, testing, and deploying Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventory structures at scale. * Proven experience deploying and managing containerized applications with Docker and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes / OpenShift). * Strong programming/scripting proficiency with Python and Bash for infrastructure automation and systems tooling. * Solid experience with Git-based version control workflows and repository management (GitHub, GitLab). * Hands-on experience building and executing CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Ansible Workflows. * Demonstrated experience defining and deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, OpenTofu, or CloudFormation. * Practical experience integrating Agentic AI tools / autonomous AI workflows to accelerate Linux administration, diagnostics, and script generation. Desired: * Industry certifications such as Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Certified Kubernetes Administrator * (CKA), or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert. * Experience integrating AI agents with enterprise APIs, MCP (Model Context Protocol), or operational * chatops platforms. * Familiarity with centralized observability and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, * ELK/OpenSearch). * Solid understanding of enterprise networking protocols, load balancers, DNS, SSL/TLS certificate * lifecycle management, and firewall configuration. ## Description Join a high-impact infrastructure engineering team responsible for architecting, securing, and maintaining enterprise-scale Linux environments. Lead modern automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives. Drive adoption of modern container orchestration and next-generation Agentic AI tooling to streamline sysadmin workflows and proactive operations. Collaborate closely with development and DevOps teams to establish robust CI/CD deployment pipelines and automated platform management. Opportunity for continuous professional growth within a collaborative, forward-thinking technology organization., * Manage, configure, and maintain high-availability Enterprise Linux servers across production and non-production environments. * Design, write, test, and maintain robust Ansible playbooks, roles, and automated workflows for * configuration management and patch automation. * Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes orchestration * platforms. * Build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD automation pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, and * Ansible Automation Platform / AWX. * Author modular Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automation scripts to provision reproducible * system architecture. * Develop Python and Bash automation scripts for monitoring, incident triage, system diagnostics, and * operational task execution. * Leverage and integrate Agentic AI assistants and LLM-driven tooling to automate Linux administrative * tasks, log analysis, and incident resolution. * Maintain version control hygiene and code collaboration workflows using Git and GitHub (branching * strategies, PR reviews, automation). * Implement strict security hardening standards (CIS benchmarks, SELinux, RBAC), patch management, * and vulnerability remediation. * Participate in on-call rotation, performance tuning, capacity planning, and comprehensive disaster * recovery drills. ## Related Videos - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Enabling automated 1-click customer deployments with built-in quality and security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/83-enabling-automated-1-click-customer-deployments-with-built-in-quality-and-security) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [Fullstack developer salary in Germany [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/197-fullstack-developer-salary-in-germany-2023)