Senior Linux Engineer at Avyanna Technologies
Bethesda, MD
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Aug 14, 2026
Bethesda, MD
Aug 18, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role focuses on administering, hardening, and optimizing Red Hat Enterprise Linux server infrastructure in a federal IT environment. Day-to-day responsibilities include STIG/CIS hardening, vulnerability remediation, patch automation, identity and access management, and system performance monitoring. It suits an experienced Linux sysadmin with a background in regulated or federal environments and a strong automation skillset.
Senior level · 6+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 18, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The clearance requirement is a federal Public Trust background investigation (MBI or HBI), not a DoD security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS). Public Trust is a suitability determination, not a clearance level covered by the schema's clearance requirement field, so it is set to None. Hiring managers should note that U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is explicitly required.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent experience' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role primarily operates and maintains Linux infrastructure (pointing to 15-1244), but the heavy emphasis on STIG hardening, vulnerability remediation, and security controls gives it a meaningful security-analysis dimension (15-1212). The operational/administration duties were judged primary.
LVM, NFS, iSCSI, Nagios, and Zabbix appear in the responsibilities narrative rather than a formal requirements section; they are marked preferred accordingly.
CIS Benchmarks appear alongside DISA STIGs in the responsibilities section (not the required qualifications block), so they are marked preferred.
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