Leidos
Linux Engineer
Chantilly, VA
No sponsorship$131k-$237kDetected 6 hours ago
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About the role
- The selected candidate will be joining an existing team of skilled Linux engineers, but the chosen engineer will bring skills that can bind the engineering and automation together.
Responsibilities
- This team works in a 24 hour, 7 day a week environment and provide in-depth Tier 2 through Tier 4 level support and problem resolution for technology products and applications.
- The team gathers performance and utilization metrics from infrastructure components and proactively inform the customer when thresholds are me and maintain an accurate inventory to include, but not limited to, accountable property and electronic network encryption devices.
- They also manage and deploy infrastructure components such as installing cables and circuits and labeling cables, build and maintain desktop workstations and provide troubleshooting assistance and patching as needed, and perform Tier-3 engineering and support for virtualization infrastructure, consisting of virtual servers, virtual desktops, and automation solutions.
- Any candidates should be prepared to provide oversite and maintenance to Windows Group Policy, build and maintain Windows servers in an Amazon Web Service environment, and deploy and maintain configuration standards in accordance with Sponsor's security posture.
Requirements
- Must have an active TS/SCI with Poly to be considered.
- Must have a Bachelors Degree and at least 12 years of experience OR a Masters and at least 10 years of experience or at least 16 years of experience in lieu of degree.
- Leidos is seeking a strong Linux engineer with experience with Debian that can bring automation skills that the team currently lacks (Ansible, scripting, AI integration for example) to help streamline/add efficiencies.
Nice to have
- Experience with Rocky Demonstrated experience creating and presenting system documentation briefings to review and approval boards Demonstrated hands on experience with the Sponsor's property destruction process.
- Demonstrated experience working with Center for Internet Security Benchmarks.
- Demonstrated experience working with VMWare Horizon VDI.
- Demonstrated experience managing Sponsors accountable and network encryption devices property.
- Certification Requirements: Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) A+ Certified Service Engineer If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling.
- We're not hiring followers.
- We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.
- Step 10 is ancient history.
Skills
- The system has on-premises components deployed at multiple data centers, as well as use of commercial cloud resources.
Compensation
- Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
- Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026.
- Pay and Benefits Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision.
- That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.
- Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.
Company info
- At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it.
- Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
Visa & Work Authorization
- indows servers in an Amazon Web Service environment, and deploy and maintain configuration standards in accordance with Sponsor's security posture
This listing is sourced directly from Leidos's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.