Full Time

Sr. System Administrator / Dev Ops - Linux Kubernetes

Creative Chemistry Works
Full-time
Mid-Senior level
Staffing and Recruiting
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
???* / year

Job Description

Sr. Linux System Administrator / DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM preferred. The team covers 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM.

Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph



What You’ll Do

  • Administer and engineer RHEL/CentOS systems in a production mission environment
  • Build, operate, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters, container workloads, and the tooling around them
  • Automate configuration, deployment, and maintenance with Bash, Python, Ansible, and Salt
  • Support storage, networking, authentication, and key management/encryption services
  • Maintain security compliance across systems and containers
  • Administer physical servers and VMware virtualized infrastructure
  • Work with development teams to move the platform from project to product


Required Qualifications

  • 10+ years of Linux system administration or engineering experience (RHEL/CentOS)
  • Hands-on Kubernetes experience, including K8s tooling and container fundamentals
  • Strong Bash scripting
  • CompTIA Security+ certification (DoD 8570/8140 compliant)

Highly Desired

  • Red Hat certification (RHCSA/RHCE)
  • Python, Ansible, Salt
  • VMware
  • Agile and DevOps practices
  • Key management and encryption technologies
  • Experience on high-side or classified networks

Additional Desired Experience

  • Storage
  • Networking
  • Security compliance
  • Authentication
  • Physical server administration

SYS3 PRIVAC

  • We prefer candidates who currently hold or recently held SYS3 PRIVAC. If your SYS3 is not current, you will need to apply for it upon hire.

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