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Communicate findings with interested parties and establish a feedback loop to development.\nWork as a subject matter expert (SME) to review user metrics, system health, overall performance checkouts, and implement proactive measures to support operational availability.\nDevelop scripts to accomplish operational tasks, and utilize playbook-based automation processes, as necessary.\nManage Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and Government-Off-The-Shelf (GOTS) software products in several environments.\nWork with Enterprise Services to ensure compliance with security services and applications.\nInterface with customers and outside technical teams to diagnose and mitigate access issues.\nUtilize abstract visualization skills to understand system workflows and identify bottlenecks.\nRequirements:\nBachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline plus 4-6 years of professional experience as a Systems Administrator or similar technical role.\nProactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.\nTwo or more years of experience with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)\nExperience troubleshooting network-related issues (Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model levels 4-7)\nFamiliar with System Engineering documentation creation (network diagrams, data flows, etc.)\nExperience working with Agile Team Collaboration tools such as (Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)\nStrong Linux background and familiarity with best practices of infrastructure management\nPreferred Qualifications:\nFamiliarity with Identity Federation, Single Sign-On, and authorization technologies (e.g. smart cards/Common Access Cards (CACs), SAML, OIDC, OAuth, Kerberos)\nExperience with Oracle COTS product experience (Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Unified Directory, Oracle WebLogic, etc.)\nExperience with Kubernetes\nExperience with scripting languages, such as Bash and Python\nExperience with LDAP (in lieu of Oracle Unified Directory experience)\nExperience with ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK tools)\nExperience with AWS and other cloud-based architectures\nFamiliar with cross domain architectures at various levels\nExperience with automated testing and monitoring\nExperience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management","company":"Aqua It","rawCompany":"aqua it","city":"Gaithersburg","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-28T12:05:03.792Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Linux System Engineer","description":"Overview: Aqua IT is seeking an experienced Linux Systems Engineer to provide support to a mission critical enterprise identity and access management system. 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