Linux OS Engineer

Responsibilities & Qualifications

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Platform Engineering & Operations
  • Engineer, deploy, and administer RHEL/CentOS/Rocky and Ubuntu servers (physical and virtual) across dev/test/prod.
  • Implement standard OS baselines, golden images, and immutable patterns (e.g., image pipelines, templates, kickstart/preseed, cloud-init).
  • Manage patching and kernel updates with maintenance windows and rollback plans; validate health post-change.
• Configuration Management & Automation
  • Build and maintain automation using Ansible, Bash, and Python to enforce configuration drift control and speed delivery.
  • Integrate configuration policies with CI/CD workflows and version control; write idempotent playbooks/roles.
• Security & Compliance
  • Apply and maintain DoD STIG/hardening controls; remediate findings from vulnerability scans; maintain audit artifacts.
  • Implement/validate FIPS, SELinux, disk encryption, log forwarding, and secure remote access; support ATO evidence.
• Reliability, Monitoring & Performance
  • Design and operate logging/metrics/alerting (e.g., journald/rsyslog, auditd, Prometheus/Grafana/ELK) with actionable SLOs.
  • Troubleshoot OS, storage, and network performance (I/O, CPU, memory, TCP/IP) using system profiling tools.
• High Availability & Continuity
  • Support clustering and HA patterns (Pacemaker/Corosync, systemd units, load balancers); document and test DR/backup restore.
• Collaboration & Support
  • Provide Tier 3 escalation; create runbooks/SOPs; participate in on-call rotations as needed.
  • Partner closely with cybersecurity, network, storage, virtualization, and application owners to deliver end-to-end outcomes.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• ActiveTS/SCI + CI Poly clearance
• 5–7 years of professional experience administering Linux in enterprise or government environments (or equivalent combination of education/experience suitable formid level).
• One of the following DoD 8570/CS-NET-451 certifications:
  • Security+ (CE)
  • RHCSA/RHCE
  • CKA
  • ITIL® Foundation
• Strongproficiencywith RHEL-family and Debian/Ubuntu administration, system services, and package managers (dnf/yum/apt).
• Hands‑on with Ansible and scripting (Bash, Python) for automation and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience applying STIG/hardening and working within secure change‑controlled environments.
• Solid troubleshooting across compute,network, and storage layers; familiarity with virtualization (VMware/KVM) and ticketing/ITSM workflows.
• Ability to create andmaintainSOPs, runbooks, and architecture diagrams supporting audits and operations.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with RHEL Satellite/Foreman, Kickstart,IdM/FreeIPA/AD integration, and secrets management (e.g.,Hashi Corp Vault ).
• Exposure to container runtimes (Podman/Docker), Kubernetes (RKE/AKS/Openshift), and hardened container images.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform), cloud (AWS/Azure/Gov zones), and registry/artifact management.
• Monitoring stacks (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/Open Search) and SIEM integrations.
• SSCP
• CySA+
• GSEC
• CASP+
• CISSP
• Red Hat Ansible Automation certification
• Terraform Associate
• Kubernetes certification

We are seeking a Linux OS Engineer to join our Task Order to build, harden, and sustain mission‑critical Linux platforms in a highly secure enterprise on the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III). The Linux OS Engineer will own the lifecycle of RHEL‑ and Debian‑based systems—from image engineering and STIG compliance to configuration management, patch orchestration, performance tuning, and incident response.

You’ll collaborate across cybersecurity, network, storage, and application teams to deliver resilient, auditable infrastructure that meets program SLAs and security directives.

Tek Synap is a fast‑growing high‑tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full‑time employees a competitive benefits package to include health,…