Linux Systems Admin- TS/SCI Clearance

6 days ago

San Diego, California, United States Zachary Piper Solutions Full time $100,000 - $140,000 per year

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a
Linux Systems Admin
to build, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Linux servers and user workstation hardware and software; design and implement workgroup-scale networks; build and manage authentication, file-share, and other collaboration servers to support groups of client systems
. This position is fully onsite in San Diego, CA.
Active TS/SCI Clearance Required
Responsibilities:

  • Proactively maintain, install, collect logs, and interface with various security tools.
  • Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various operational and project needs
  • Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all managed environments
  • Fault finding, analysis and logging information for reporting and resolving performance exceptions
  • Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers, workstations, and network hardware
  • Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks
  • Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment
  • Proactively monitoring system performance and capacity planning
  • Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes

Requirements:

  • Candidate must have 3-5 years of experience
  • Candidate must have a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
  • Typically, a bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology
  • Strong problem solving and communication skills.
  • Security+ Certification or the ability to get certification within 3 months of hiring
  • Shell, Perl, and/or PowerCLI/PowerShell scripting
  • Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS and LDAP
  • Ability to use verbal and written communication skills to present information to a diverse population (technical and non-technical).
  • Ability to work well as a member of a team and independently.
  • Knowledge of existing cloud technologies including principles and methods of scalability to match workloads.
  • Experience with operating system update services such as YUM or DNF and RedHat Satellite.
  • Knowledge of the security technologies: Trellix Anti-Virus, Host-Based Security System (HBSS), Carbon Black

Preferred: Education Experience & Skills

  • Experience with Git configuration management.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS): EC2, S3 and EFS storage
  • DevSecOps experience or familiarity

Compensation:
$130,000 - $140,000 ** depending on experience and degree**

Full Benefits -Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Holidays, PTO, Sick Leave if required by law

This job opens for applications on 10/27/2025. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date

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