Linux System Engineer

Description Leidos is seeking an experienced Linux Systems Engineer to provide support to a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. A successful candidate will develop an understanding of the services offered to external organizations, provide lifecycle systems engineering support to development and operations on the program, and use a combination of technical and functional expertise to recommend solutions to satisfy customer requirements. Primary Responsibilities Design, develop, and support cloud initiatives to support customer driven needs. Communicate and mitigate operational issues as received. Work to proactively identify RCA of baseline issues and establish a feedback loop to development. Work as an SME to review user metrics, system health, overall performance checkouts and implement proactive measures to support operational availability. Responsible for deployment support as a product SME. Provide backfill tasking and troubleshooting script/playbook based automation processes as necessary. Manage several environments as a Linux SME providing overall support to the program and working with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications. Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role. Proactive self‑starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills. Two or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.). Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.). Experience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, BitBucket. Strong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management. Active TS/SCI with CI Poly preferred. Preferred Qualifications Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, etc.). Experience with Kubernetes. Experience with Elastic tools (ElasticSearch, Kibana, Logstash). Experience with AWS and other cloud vendors. Experience with Amazon Web Services technical performance versus cost management. Experience with cloud‑based architectures. Familiarity with cross‑domain architectures at various levels. Experience with automated testing and monitoring. Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management. Pay Range Pay Range $73,450.00 - $132,775.00. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, market data, bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Pay and Benefits Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws. Recruitment Process All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer and works to consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr