# Principal Linux System Administrator (Clearance Required)

SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace Company, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions. Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. Applicants that do not meet this requirement will not be considered. SciTec has an immediate opportunity for a talented engineer to support our programs delivering Next-Generation Missile Warning software. This is a unique opportunity to join a business delivering core capabilities for National defense. You will work within a fast-paced team delivering end-to-end software processing of Overhead Persistent InfraRed (OPIR) sensor data for Missile Warning, Missile Defense, Battlespace Awareness, and Technical Intelligence. We are seeking a skilled Linux Sy

- **Id**: 764203
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/scitec-principal-linux-system-administrator>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Aurora, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T10:28:21Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 98
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5452
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Dental insurance, Flexible schedule, Health insurance, Life insurance, Parental leave, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 686565
- **Name**: SciTec
- **Domain**: scitec.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/scitec>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 21
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.667
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 39
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 149000
- **Max**: 184000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 184000

## Technologies

- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **Bash** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **minikube** — Optional: no
- **OpenShift** — Optional: no
- **Podman** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Red Hat** — Optional: no
- **VMWare** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no
- **Harbor** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 98

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T19:26:32Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 12
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.421
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 98
- **Expected fill days**: 39
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 184000
- **Is top pay**: no

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