Linux System Administrator (Intermediate-Level)

Location: Onsite in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA; non-remote. Relocation incentive available.

Salary: USD 70,000–90,000 yearly

Company

hirify.global delivers IT infrastructure, application development, cybersecurity, virtualization, cloud, and mobility services to government clients supporting critical missions.

What you will do

• Operate, monitor, troubleshoot, and secure enterprise Linux systems supporting Army IT Portfolio systems and biometric operations.
• Install, configure, patch, upgrade, and harden RHEL and derivative Linux systems in line with DoD STIGs and security requirements.
• Manage user accounts, permissions, authentication, access controls, and services including DNS, DHCP, NTP, LDAP, SSH, web services, and file sharing.
• Analyze performance and security issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and recovery activities.
• Develop administration and configuration automation using Bash, Ansible, and related tools.
• Support virtualization, cloud infrastructure, system modernization, technical documentation, and collaboration with cybersecurity, networking, and engineering teams.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active DoW Secret Clearance.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification or higher, such as Security+ CE, SSCP, or GSEC.
• At least three years of relevant IT experience administering RHEL, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, CentOS, or related distributions.
• Hands-on experience with Linux installation, configuration, patching, enterprise services, troubleshooting, user administration, file systems, processes, and logging.
• Experience writing, maintaining, and troubleshooting Bash scripts for systems administration and automation.
• Ability to work independently, solve complex problems, adapt to changing mission requirements, and produce technical documentation and system diagrams.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting DoD, Army, or federal government environments.
• Knowledge of RMF, STIG implementation, ACAS, SCAP, vulnerability remediation, Ansible, Satellite, or Git.
• Experience integrating Linux with Active Directory, LDAP, SSSD, or enterprise identity management systems.
• Experience with VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization, biometrics, high-availability environments, or Linux certifications such as RHCSA or RHCE.
• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache, and Nginx.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a secure Department of Defense environment supporting mission-critical operations.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Retirement benefits, certification reimbursement, referral bonuses, and a relocation incentive program.