Senior Operations Platform Engineer – Mission Systems

Arcadia Talent Advisory

  • Virginia
  • 6 days ago

    Highlights

    This role is responsible for the day-to-day stability, availability, and sustainment of mission-critical systems operating within a secure SCIF environment. The position focuses on hands-on Operations & Maintenance (O&M), ensuring infrastructure reliability, rapid issue resolution, and compliance with operational baselines.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationVirginia

    Description

    ** Federal Project - Applicant must be a United States Citizen with Active Secret **

    Description

    This role is responsible for the day-to-day stability, availability, and sustainment of mission-critical systems operating within a secure SCIF environment. The position focuses on hands-on Operations & Maintenance (O&M), ensuring infrastructure reliability, rapid issue resolution, and compliance with operational baselines.

    Responsibilities

    • Provide Echelon 1 Operations & Maintenance support for secure mission platforms

    • Administer and maintain Linux systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Linux

    • Support and operate VMware virtualization environments, including vCenter and ESXi hosts

    • Perform hardware-level troubleshooting across servers, networking components, and storage systems

    • Manage system baselines, execute patching cycles, and support defect identification and tracking

    • Administer directory services, including LDAP, within secure enterprise environments

    • Monitor system health and availability using enterprise monitoring tools

    • Support storage and network services such as SAN/NAS, NFS, and DNS

    • Collaborate with engineering and security teams to ensure system stability and compliance within the SCIF

    Requirements

    • Strong experience in Linux system administration, specifically RHEL and/or Oracle Linux

    • Hands-on experience supporting VMware infrastructure, including vCenter and ESXi

    • Experience administering LDAP or comparable directory services

    • Proven ability to perform hardware troubleshooting across compute, network, and storage platforms

    • Experience with baseline configuration management, patching, and defect tracking in operational environments

    Preferred / Additional Experience

    • Scripting experience using Bash

    • Familiarity with Dell and Cisco hardware platforms

    • Experience supporting SAN/NAS storage, NFS, and DNS services

    • Exposure to system monitoring tools such as Nagios

    • Working knowledge of Windows-based systems

    Security & Clearance

    • Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly, required on day one

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