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# Linux Administrator

- **Company:** BAE Systems
- **Location:** Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $64,926 - $110,374
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, BIND, Unix, Software Documentation, Information Systems, Linux, Multi-Factor Authentication, Serial ATA, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Kerberos (Protocol), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, OpenID, Public Key Infrastructure, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, SAS (Software), Virtual Machines, Zabbix, Scripting, Load Balancing, High Performance Computing, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Slurm, Puppet, Network Server
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4b53002b715b5c69

## About the Role

High School Diploma and 4 years of work experience (certs may be substituted for the experience)

DoD 8570 certification - Security + and OS cert (Linux+ CE, RedHat, etc)

Willingness to occasionally work after hours and/or respond to emergency situations for problem resolution

Experience with SLURM / PBS / torque schedulers

General knowledge of Linux and general Unix operating systems concepts as well as systems administration experience

Ability to develop and maintain documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks

Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation of the Information System

Familiar in multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.

Security implementations using multi-factor authentication, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix OS hardening to DoD STIG standards.

Experience with scripting (Ansible, Bash, Python, etc)

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Fundamental experience with Linux OS administration
Experience with Storage Architectures: SAN, SAS, FC, SATA
Experience with Zabbix
Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager
Experience with BIND DNS
Experience with Puppet or Ansible

## Description

BAE Systems is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to support a team of administrators with standard Linux system administration duties at APG, MD.

The selected candidate will perform standard Linux System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux based application and license servers, virtual machines, and cluster based systems. Coordination with Linux System administrators is required.

Additional duties:

 * Setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space.

 * Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.

 * Participating in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our High Performance Computing (HPC) systems and software environment.

 * Assisting with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques.