System Administrator Linux​/HPC​/Network​/Storage

• Professional Linux system administration experience.
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
• Operating-system troubleshooting.
• HPC architectures
• Storage fabric design
• Prometheus

Network | Storage | Platform | HPC

Locations: Maryland or Utah

Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite

Salary: $100,000–$200,000

Clearance: Active TS/SCI with NSA Full Scope Polygraph REQUIRED

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required

Travel: None

Employment: Full-Time

Benefits: Comprehensive Benefits + Relocation Assistance

We are looking for experienced Linux System Administrators, Network Engineers, Storage Engineers, Platform Engineers, and HPC professionals to support complex, mission‑critical environments in Maryland and Utah.

This is an opportunity to work with highly customized Linux infrastructure, high‑performance computing environments, advanced networking, enterprise storage, automation, and mission‑critical systems.

If you enjoy troubleshooting difficult technical problems, working with complex infrastructure, and digging deeper when the standard solution doesn't work, this could be an excellent fit.

You must be a U.S. Citizen with an ACTIVE TS/SCI clearance and NSA Full Scope Polygraph to be considered.

Candidates with a Full Scope Polygraph that was completed more than 7 years ago may still be considered depending on experience and program requirements.

• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot complex Linux environments.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and support Linux operating systems and applications.
• Work with RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, SLES, Ubuntu, and other Linux distributions.
• Manage file systems, networking services, system resources, and applications.
• Diagnose and resolve operating‑system and application issues.
• Develop Bash scripts to automate system administration and operational tasks.
• Compile, install, configure, and maintain software applications.
• Support infrastructure automation and configuration‑management initiatives.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability.
• Participate in upgrades, maintenance, optimization, and operational support.
• Work closely with engineering and operations teams to resolve complex infrastructure problems.
• Document system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting solutions.

Regardless of your specialization, all team members contribute to core Linux system administration and mission sustainment activities.

• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Active NSA Full Scope Polygraph
• U.S. Citizenship
• Professional Linux system administration experience.
• Experience with one or more major Linux distributions, including:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• CentOS
• Rocky Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
• Ubuntu
• Linux installation and configuration experience.
• File-system administration.
• TCP/IP networking.
• Operating‑system troubleshooting.
• Application troubleshooting.
• Bash scripting.
• Software compilation and installation.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a technical team.

We are particularly interested in candidates with backgrounds in HPC, storage, networking, platform engineering, or large‑scale infrastructure.

• HPC architectures
• Slurm
• High‑speed computing environments
• Large‑scale enterprise or mission‑critical infrastructure

• TCP/IP
• Storage networking
• Infini Band
• Slingshot
• Cisco
• Juniper
• Arista
• Enterprise routing and switching

• Lustre
• DDN Exascaler
• Storage fabric design
• Storage implementation and support
• Storage performance tuning
• Storage optimization

• Ansible
• Salt
• Git
• Bash
• Infrastructure automation
• Configuration management

• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Nagios
• Jira
• Confluence

• E1000 Storage Systems
• Elastic Storage Nodes (ESNs)
• DAOS
• Weka Data Platform

• IOR
• iperf
• FIO

You don't have to be an expert in every technology listed above.

We encourage applications from professionals whose primary background is in: