Jobs / Peraton
Linux Systems Administrator - Cloud & Distributed Systems, Lead Associate
Peraton · Laurel, MD, United States
Laurel, MD, United StatesExp: 7+ yrs146,000-234,000 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
146,000-234,000 USD/yearly
Location
Laurel, MD, United States
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
Peraton is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud & Distributed Systems Engineer to support mission-critical, cloud-based data repositories within a dynamic Intelligence Community environment. This role involves administering and engineering large-scale Hadoop and Accumulo clusters, ensuring system reliability and security, and collaborating across infrastructure, networking, and security domains. It is a reliability-focused distributed systems engineering position operating at scale, requiring after-hours on-call/call-in support.
Benefits
Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO capParticipation in an attractive bonus planMedicalDentalVisionLifeHealth savings accountShort/long term disabilityEAPParental leave401(k)Paid time off (PTO) for vacationCompany paid holidays
Qualifications
- 7+ years of Linux systems administration experience
- 5+ years scripting (Bash, Python, or Perl)
- 5 years with BS/BA or 3 years with MS/MA
- Experience supporting large-scale distributed systems across multiple clusters
- Hands-on experience with Hadoop, Accumulo, and distributed storage technologies
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
- Familiarity with automation tools (Puppet, Ansible, Salt) and IaC (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Knowledge of monitoring platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk)
- Understanding of networking fundamentals (VLANs, TCP/IP, load balancing)
- Experience with high-availability design, storage architecture, and disaster recovery
- System hardening and security compliance experience
- Active TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph
Responsibilities
- Administer and optimize enterprise Linux systems across large distributed clusters (60+ nodes, multi-rack deployments)
- Monitor system health, performance, and reliability
- Troubleshoot complex hardware, software, network, and cloud issues
- Support and tune Hadoop (HDFS/YARN) and Accumulo environments
- Engineer monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions
- Automate infrastructure using scripting and Infrastructure-as-Code
- Patch, harden, and secure systems in compliance with security standards
- Manage LDAP-based user accounts and core Linux services (DHCP, DNS)
- Support Kubernetes-based containerized workloads
- Participate in architecture discussions and cross-team engineering efforts
- Contribute to incident response and root cause analysis
Skills
AnsibleAWSBashCloudFormationDockerGrafanaHadoopKubernetesLinuxPerlPrometheusPuppetPythonSaltStackSplunkTempoTerraformYarn
Certifications
Security+ (DoD 8570 compliant)AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – AssociateAWS DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Degrees
BS/BAMS/MA
Work schedule
After-hours on call/call in support
Industry
National securityIntelligence Community
Security clearance
Active TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph
Relocation
No