Linux Engineer (TS/SCI required)

Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Linux Engineer to support an IC customer/contract in the Springfield, VA area. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI polygraph.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops technical solutions for the management of networks, software, hardware, configurations, and architectures
• Troubleshoots complex system hardware and software issues
• Trains end users on the proper use of hardware and software
• Performs advanced software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages
• Monitors and tunes systems to achieve optimum performance levels
• Ensures workstation/server data integrity by implementing standard software and hardware solutions
• Leads efforts to ensure data/media recoverability by following a schedule of system backups archive operations
• Conducts advanced audits of workstations and servers to ensure compliance with standards, policies, and guidelines
• Familiarity with VMWare and SAN management and concepts
• Solid knowledge of protocols such as DNS, HTTP, LDAP, ICMP, ssh and SNMP
• Skilled in system administration tasks such as file system, network, and account troubleshooting
• Responsible for provisioning virtual and physical servers or workstations
• Administering systems using automation and scripting tools to include CLI, Ansible, or various coding languages
• Knowledge of repository management practices, patch administration, and vulnerability remediation

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience as a Linux Engineer or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems (e.g., Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, Perl).
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies (e.g., VMware, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of networking concepts and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP).
• Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• 5+ years IT experience

Desired Certifications:

• Linux certification (e.g., RHCE, CompTIA Linux+).
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Nagios, Prometheus, ELK stack).
• Experience with database administration (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.

Benefits and Perks
Compensation

• Industry competitive salary well above market average
• 401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
• Referral bonuses up to $5,000

100% company-paid benefits

• Cigna Medical plan for employee + family
• Vision and Dental plan for employee + family
• Short Term Disability for employee
• Long Term Disability for employee
• Life Insurance for employee

Flexible Paid Time Off Policy

• 180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
• 10+ Company Holidays per year
• 6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules

Career Growth

• Company sponsored training and certifications
• No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement
• Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses

Company Overview
Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.
Established in 2008, IDS has 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We're a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.
IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.