Systems Administrator 3 - Linux/STE/STN/Virtualization/Ansible/Python/Kubernetes/Docker
Captivation SoftwareAnnapolis Junction, MD
Posted 28 Oct 2026
Skills in this posting
- python
- docker
- kubernetes
- ansible
- linux
- jira
About the role
<div class="content-intro"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"><strong data-redactor-tag="strong">Build to something to be proud of.</strong></span></h1>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is looking for software developers who can get stuff done while making a difference in support of the mission to protect our country.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Description</span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Captivation Software is looking for a mid level systems administrator who will be assisting with daily responsibilities.&nbsp;</span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Responsibilities</span></h1>
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<li><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">You will work on large mixed Contractor/Civilian, SA/SE team supporting DevOps and Live systems.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Supported systems are Linux and Windows hard boxes and VM’s.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">You will come in look at your monitoring, catch up on emails and your team Skype chat room for mission critical updates and hot issues then go to JIRA and start working off tickets.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">The team supports 3 (diff classifications) of backend environment with Mission and Operations users and desktops so authentication, DNS, share drives and home directories and communications between all of it.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">As this team is large and does a lot of Dev Ops work as well as live systems sustainment you will need to communicate well with lots of other SA’s, SE’s and NE’s spanning multiple contracts and with direct Civilian tasking and leadership.</span></li>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Requirements</span></h1>
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<h3><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Security Clearance:</span></h3>
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<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></h3>
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<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bachelor's Degree in related technical discipline required.</li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fifteen (15) years of experience providing System Administration support</li>
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<h3><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Required Skills:</span></h3>
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<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">LINUX Administration (to meet the years for the LCAT)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Solid experience with STE/STN, DISA STIG compliance work on Linux systems</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Storage Management (CFS/DFS, NetApp..)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Virtualization (Proxmox, RH KVM, VMWare…..)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">IP networking and Firewall exp.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some experience with Containers/Cloud environment</span></li>
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<h3><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Desired Skills:</span></h3>
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<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Automation tools (Ansible, salt ..)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scripting (bash, python, perl ..)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Backup tools (Rubrik, NetBackup….)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hyper Converged Infrastructure exp (Harvester, Nutanix, Cisco HyperFlex…)</span></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><em><strong>This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.</strong></em></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(230, 126, 35); font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Benefits</span></h1>
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<li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Above Market Hourly Rates</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">$3,600 HSA Contribution</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6 Weeks Paid Time Off</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term &amp; Long-Term Disability/AD&amp;D</span></li>
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