Senior Cyber Infrastructure Systems Engineer - Colorado Springs

Salary: $92,500 - 171,500 per year Requirements:

• Mid-to-senior-level experience working with complex system environments and limited oversight.
• Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, automation, container orchestration, cybersecurity compliance, and Agile delivery in a SAFe environment.
• Bachelors degree and at least 6 years of relevant experience, graduate degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience, or 10 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• Top Secret SCI clearance preferred; SCI eligibility required at minimum.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level 2 certification: Security+ CE or a higher certification.
• Preferred: Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification and experience with Red Hat Satellite.
• Preferred: CKA certification or equivalent Kubernetes support experience; Splunk experience; familiarity with JIRA, GitHub, and Jenkins; Python scripting experience; and Scrum Master certification or practical Agile facilitation experience.

• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot production enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, including configuration, patching, performance tuning, and issue resolution.
• Support VMware virtualized infrastructure and/or OpenShift container platforms, including deployment, configuration, and ongoing sustainment.
• Use Ansible to automate system administration, configuration management, application deployment, patching, and repeatable infrastructure support.
• Support Kubernetes architecture, containerized applications, cluster operations, workload deployments, and platform troubleshooting.
• Participate in SAFe Agile team ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and iterative delivery.

• Ansible
• GitHub
• Support
• JIRA
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• OpenShift
• Python
• Security
• Splunk
• VMware
• CI/CD
• DevOps

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We are L3Harris Technologies, a defense technology company delivering end-to-end solutions across space, air, land, sea, and cyber in support of national security. We are hiring a Senior Specialist, Cyber Infrastructure Systems Engineer (Systems Administrator), Job Code 44426, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The schedule is 5/8: eight hours per day, five days per week. The Colorado salary range is $92,500–$171,500; final compensation may vary based on experience and location. We offer benefits including health and disability insurance, a 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, an employee assistance program, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays; availability may depend on hire date, schedule, and applicable agreements. We provide an inclusive environment focused on professional growth, work-life success, community, and excellence. We are an equal opportunity and E-Verify employer, maintain a drug-free workplace, and may conduct background checks and pre-employment substance testing where permitted by law. Some positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance, which may be granted only to U.S. citizens; conditional offers may involve a government security investigation and eligibility review. The application window closes November 20, 2026.

last updated 42 week of 2026