Senior AWS / Linux Systems Engineer (Systems Engineer IV)

  • Washington D.C., DC
  • Posted 2 hours ago | Updated 2 hours ago

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 6 Month(s)

Skills

AWS
AWS CLI
Linux
RHEL
EC2
ECS
S3
Lambda
API Gateway
Cloud Engineering
Infrastructure Engineer
Systems Engineer
Shell Scripting
Perl
Python
DevOps
Automation
IAM
Active Directory
Enterprise Infrastructure
Virtualization
CI/CD
Monitoring Tools
Hybrid Role
Onsite DC
AWS Certified
Linux Administration.
API
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Amazon Web Services
Anti Spam
Antivirus
Auditing
Backup Administration
CentOS
Cloud Computing
Collaboration
Command-line Interface
Confluence
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
IaaS
Identity Management
JIRA
Linux Administration
Malware Analysis
Management
Multi-factor Authentication
Provisioning
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Regulatory Compliance
Routing
Satellite
Scripting
Servers
Shell
Storage
Switches
System Administration
System Documentation
Systems Engineering
Ubuntu

Job Details

Senior AWS / Linux Systems Engineer (Systems Engineer IV)

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid Onsite 2 3 days per week)
Duration: 6+ Months (Extensions Likely)
Interview Process: Virtual
Experience Required: 10+ Years
Education: Bachelor s Degree Required
Certifications: AWS Certification Required

Job Description

Seeking a Senior AWS/Linux Systems Engineer with deep experience in AWS Cloud, Linux administration, automation, scripting, and enterprise infrastructure operations. This hybrid role requires hands-on engineering as well as collaboration with DevOps, Operations, and IAM teams.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, engineer, configure, and deploy AWS and on-prem infrastructure solutions

  • Work closely with System Operations to build self-service provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, logging, and monitoring services

  • Update system documentation and support operational processes

  • Install and configure applications and servers (physical & virtual)

  • Continuously monitor, troubleshoot, and improve infrastructure performance

  • Operate monitoring, alerting, backups, antivirus, anti-spam, malware tools, and offsite storage systems

  • Manage user profiles, AD groups, OU structure, and multi-factor authentication resets

  • Maintain AD custom attributes and security groups

  • Support IAM functions including user/group management, password operations, and metrics

  • Respond to audit requests and ensure compliance standards are met

  • Write, update, and maintain procedural documentation

  • Investigate incidents, prepare reports, and provide audit evidence

  • Develop scripts to automate repetitive tasks

Required Skills & Experience

  • 10+ years in Systems Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering

  • Strong AWS architecture and AWS CLI experience

  • Hands-on Linux administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.)

  • Shell scripting: Shell, Perl, Python

  • Experience with ECS, EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, and other AWS services

  • Unix/Linux installation, operations, security, and troubleshooting

  • Understanding of ports, protocols, routing, and switching in enterprise networks

  • Experience with public cloud infrastructure management

  • Strong experience in mature enterprise environments and best practices

Nice to Have

  • RHEL Satellite experience

  • Puppet experience

  • Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)

  • Experience supporting Identity and Access Management operations

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