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With over 20 years in business, InquisIT is a high-energy, forward-thinking, advanced technology company that provides the Federal Government and select private-sector organizations with an impressive array of services and solutions. Company expertise includes Systems Engineering, Enterprise Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Management Services, and Software Support.

InquisITs team is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to join us in Washington, DC.

Position Summary:

The Senior Linux Administrator will provide hands-on administration, maintenance, security, and engineering support for enterprise Linux environments. This role focuses on Red Hat Linux, automation, patching, system performance, security hardening, and maintaining highly available infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will also bring experience supporting web and application technologies such as Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, nginx, HAProxy, or similar platforms.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Provide operations, maintenance, and engineering support for production, development, and test systems
Configure, administer, and maintain documentation for Linux operating systems
Maintain availability and integrity of Linux infrastructure and IT systems
Maintain connectivity and functionality of systems and applications within the enterprise
Identify technical requirements and make recommendations for future upgrade, optimization, consolidation, and decommissioning activities
Troubleshoot, analyze, isolate, and resolve problems reported by IT support staff and end-users
Tests, documents, communicates, and releases changes to the enterprise
Monitor, evaluate, and report system performance and security posture
Designing and implementing highly available systems and services
Implement and maintain strict security baselines on all systems (DISA STIG, CIS Benchmark, NIST800.53)

Experience and Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
8-10 years of related technical experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience supporting physical and virtual servers, data backup/recovery, and patch management
Experience with RedHat Linux 8.x/9.x administration and automation
Experience with Oracle WebLogic 7.x
Experience supporting IBM middleware stack to include but not limited to WebSphere Application Server 9.x/Liberty (WebSphere containerization) and IBM Security Verify Access 10.x
Experience integrating middleware components with Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Advanced understanding of Apache Tomcat 9.x, Apache Tomcat 10.x, Apache HTTP Server, nginx, haproxy
Experience installing, configuring, and managing Open Text Documentum Document Management Server
Automation and scripting experience (e.g., Ansible, Python, Bash)
Experience managing a complex Linux enterprise environment with Red Hat Satellite
Strong working knowledge using tools such as Zabbix, Grafana, ElasticSearch, Splunk to monitor systems, metrics, and create actionable dashboards
Experience deploying and maintaining virtualized environments in Hyper-V, AWS, Azure
Experience integrating Linux, NVIDIA GPUs and AI-related technologies such as Ollama, LiteLLM, guardrails.

Preferred Skills and Certifications:

Red Hat Certified Engineer (Highly Preferred)
Red Hat Certified Architect
ITILv3 Foundations

InquisIT provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, InquisIT complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

*The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary