Senior RHEL Engineers

Senior RHEL Engineer Fort Gordon, GA

• On-site
• 3 base-period positions Clearance: TS/SCI Ascension Federal Services, Inc. (AFS) is seeking candidates to support a Scalable GEOINT program. Engineer secure Red Hat Enterprise Linux services and automation supporting the Scalable GEOINT architecture.

Responsibilities

Install, configure, troubleshoot, and sustain RHEL servers and supporting services. Automate operating-system configuration, patching, and application deployment using approved tools. Implement STIGs, vulnerability remediation, auditing, and certificate-based authentication. Support secure data-transfer workflows, encryption, antivirus checks, and related diagnostic controls.

Coordinate OpenShift/virtual infrastructure, storage, backups, monitoring, and recovery requirements. Required qualifications 7-10+ years in systems administration/engineering; bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience. Significant systems-analysis experience and expert-level virtualization knowledge, specifically Red Hat OpenShift.

Desired: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration certification. Security and assignment requirements Final Top Secret clearance required at start of work. This is a TS/SCI mission; SCI access is subject to customer requirements. Meet applicable cyber workforce certification and computing-environment training requirements before performance/privileged access.

On-site assignment; shift, weekend, on-call, and travel support may be required. Employment is contingent on contract award and position authorization.