Systems Administrator - Linux

At Auria, we believe in elevating people to achieve the extraordinary. We seek individuals with the desire to be part of something bigger and the courage to invest themselves in the outcomes.

As a proven leader in Engineering and Technology solutions for the Department of Defense and civil organizations, our teams provide leading expertise in Software and Systems Engineering, Cyber Solutions, and Specialized Mission Operations that advance critical missions.

When you join Auria, you become part of a team with a deep sense of responsibility and purpose. We foster an environment of collaboration, support, and growth, where you can rise together with your colleagues and make a real difference.

Position: Systems Administrator
- Linux

Location: Warrenton, VA

Remote Status: On-Site

Job : 13939-CORP
- Alex

# of Openings: 1

Auria is looking to hire a Systems Administrator
- Linux to support the company. This role is ONSITE in either Warrenton or Reston, VA.

• Linux systems:
  Provision, configure, patch, upgrade, and decommission enterprise Linux servers. Maintain services, packages, repositories, storage, file systems, scheduled jobs, and logs; troubleshoot operating system, application, hardware, and performance issues across production, development, test, and laboratory environments.
• Linux endpoints:
  Provision and support engineering and developer workstations. Standardize configurations, approved software deployment, patching, and remote administration; resolve desktop, hardware, authentication, and connectivity issues. Coordinate escalations with the service desk and engineering teams.
• Automation and configuration:
  Develop reusable Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, and Bash scripts for provisioning, patching, configuration, deployment, and baseline verification. Apply infrastructure-as-code practices; maintain version-controlled automation, secure credentials, testing, and rollback procedures to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Virtualization:
  Support Linux workloads on Proxmox and other approved platforms, including VMware Workstation and Microsoft Hyper‑V for engineering use. Maintain virtual machines, templates, resource allocations, networking, storage, and snapshots; troubleshoot host and guest dependencies within assigned responsibilities.
• Engineering infrastructure:
  Build repeatable Linux development, integration, testing, and build environments. Support Docker and assist with Kubernetes where deployed. Coordinate automation and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) integration with Platform Operations and developers within established ownership boundaries.
• Security and access:
  Implement approved hardening, vulnerability remediation, logging, and access controls. Manage accounts, permissions, privileged access, Secure Shell (SSH), keys, certificates, and identity integration. Support incident containment and recovery under Cybersecurity direction; preserve logs and provide configuration and remediation evidence.
• Reliability and connectivity:
  Monitor health, availability, performance, and capacity; resolve alerts and escalated incidents. Test backups, restoration, and disaster recovery. Diagnose host networking and firewall issues with Network Engineering; perform root‑cause analysis and scheduled after‑hours maintenance or operational escalation.
• Documentation and change:
  Maintain configuration records, procedures, diagrams, automation documentation, and troubleshooting guides. Test and document changes, follow approval processes, communicate service impacts and risks, share knowledge, and implement improvements that reduce recurring incidents.

• Mission-Driven Professional:
  Collaborative…