Linux Administrator
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MDFull-time$65–110K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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BAE Systems seeks a Linux Systems Administrator to support the ARL DoW Supercomputing Resource Center at APG, Maryland. The role maintains multi-user Linux application and license servers, virtual machines, and cluster systems, and supports high-performance computing infrastructure and software. The administrator also helps manage computing resources, system security, and operational documentation.
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Job Description
In support of the ARL DoW Supercomputing Resource Center, BAE Systems provides program management and technical support necessary to advance services, capabilities, infrastructure, and technologies.
BAE Systems is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to support a team of administrators with standard Linux system administration duties at APG, MD.
The selected candidate will perform standard Linux System Administration duties as required to maintain smooth operation of multi-user computer systems consisting of Linux based application and license servers, virtual machines, and cluster based systems. Coordination with Linux System administrators is required.
Additional duties:
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Setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocate mass storage space.
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Developing and monitoring policies and standards for allocation related to the use of computing resources.
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Participating in the installation, integration, acceptance testing, and on-going maintenance of our High Performance Computing (HPC) systems and software environment.
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Assisting with forecast resource limitations and provide recommendations for increasing the efficiency of our resources through proper scheduling and load balancing techniques.
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Required Education, Experience, & Skills
High School Diploma and 4 years of work experience (certs may be substituted for the experience)
DoD 8570 certification - Security and OS cert (Linux CE, RedHat, etc)
Willingness to occasionally work after hours and/or respond to emergency situations for problem resolution
Experience with SLURM / PBS / torque schedulers
General knowledge of Linux and general Unix operating systems concepts as well as systems administration experience
Ability to develop and maintain documentation on system administration procedures for routine and complex tasks
Ability to create and maintain Information Assurance (IA) compliance documentation of the Information System
Familiar in multi-factor authentication platforms and solutions, and Identity Management such as OpenID, LDAP, and Kerberos.
Security implementations using multi-factor authentication, PKI, or Kerberos and Unix OS hardening to DoD STIG standards.
Experience with scripting (Ansible, Bash, Python, etc)
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Fundamental experience with Linux OS administration
Experience with Storage Architectures: SAN, SAS, FC, SATA
Experience with Zabbix
Experience with Red Hat Satellite or Red Hat Identity Manager
Experience with BIND DNS
Experience with Puppet or Ansible
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $64926 - $110374
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
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How this job compares
Set against the 2,422 open Systems Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$65–110K/yr
- Maryland median$104–170K/yr122 salary ranges
- US median$95–149K/yr1,490 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $88K, is 36% below the Maryland median midpoint ($137K) — in the lowest quarter of Systems Administrator salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 164 open Systems Administrator jobs in Maryland and 2,422 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Systems Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,024 postings).
- Education
- 347 of the 2,422 open Systems Administrator jobs (14%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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