Linux System Administrator

Job ID: 2610481
Location: Remote Work, TX, United States
Date Posted: Mar 20, 2026
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Sys Administrator
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: Remote
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Description

SAIC is seeking a qualified Linux Systems Administrator for a FULL REMOTE position supporting the US Coast Guard program, AFMS (Air Force Modeling & Simulation).

AFMS is the premier agency responsible for implementation, integration, and development of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) and training and analysis standards that support the US Air Force (USAF), Department of Defense (DoD), and mission partners requiring these capabilities to support the Warfighter in full-spectrum operations.

Job Description

• Provide direct Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL) and Linux systems engineering, administration and maintenance support to the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment
• Collaborate using Amazon Web Services (AWS) for use of AWS native services
• Discover and resolve issues with RHEL/Linux servers in virtual environment
• Design new capabilities and enhancements (to include Cloud Migration and Analytics design and development) and create efficiencies within the AWS environments
• Experience working with administrator and service accounts and troubleshooting issues
• Creates/updates and maintains system documentation, interacts with users and evaluates vendor products
• Participate in the development of system engineering documentation, such as System Engineering Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements Specifications, and Interface Control Document
• Report findings to management with recommendations for resolutions
• Provide technical assistance and training to users

Qualifications

• Possess DoD 8570 certification in IAT Level II certification or above (CompTIA Security+ CE, CASP+
  CE, CISSP, etc.)
• Bachelor's and Nine (9) years of experience; or relevant years of experience in lieu of degree
• Must be US Citizen and currently possess a Secret Clearance
• Experience with Agile / Scrum
• Strong Experience planning, building, integrating and maintaining Linux systems
• Maintenance of environments and standards via IaC tools such as Terraform
• In-depth understanding of, and experience with, deployments of various systems to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Familiar with CI/CD pipeline concepts
• Strong Experience patching/OS management through scripting

• All aspects of the environment and deployment must also be documented for support and future implementations

  DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  - AWS Associate Certifications
  - Experience supporting software migration efforts
  - Experience in an MSP or other IT company
  - Working Knowledge of programming languages, Ruby & YAML
  - Experience supporting USAF software development projects