Job Description

Zachary Piper Solutions is currently seeking a Sr. Linux System Engineer who will support a government contract located in Arlington, VA.

Responsibilities for the Sr. Linux System Engineer:

• Enterprise Authorization: Integrate Linux Systems (currently, RHEL 7/8 and Ubuntu systems) into a primary Windows environment (workstations & servers) where authentication, authorization, and accounting actives are controlled by Active Directory with PKI certificates and Single Sign On. 
• Enterprise Provisioning: Configure new Linux systems for customer use and ensuring that initial configurations meet required enterprise baselines & controls (e.g., proper agents installed, proper configs, etc.) 
• Integrate Linux systems with other enterprise tooling (e.g., ACAS, Splunk, SolarWinds, Backup systems, etc.) 
• Ensure patches are maintained across a diverse Linux environment (e.g., Ubuntu, RHEL7/8, etc.) in a heavily automated manner, where possible. 
• Ensure that already-provisioned Linux systems are kept in compliance with baseline requirements & ever-changing enterprise policy (e.g., equivalent to Group Policy in the Windows realm for ongoing compliance updates). 
• Develop an operating system lifecycle plan with integration of DoD STIGs and other recommended security standards. 
• Monitor all solutions integrated via a centralized alerting system. 
• Certify log management and forwarding to a single repository. 

Qualifications for the Sr. Linux System Engineer:

•       Clearance: TS/SCI

•       10 years of technical and related expirence

•       Security Plus certification

•       Expirence with Encryption and Key Management security Discipline

•       Expirence with Linux servers

Compensation for the Sr. Linux System Engineer:

• $155,000 – $220,000 *Depending on Experience.
• Cigna Medical, dental, vision, 11 Holiday, 401k, 2-week PTO and Sick leave as required by law

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