Lab Manager III

Title: Lab Manager III

Description:

Solutions³ LLC is supporting a U.S. Government customer to design, build, deliver, and operate a next generation network operations environment. To support this critical mission, Solutions³ LLC is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator with strong database, automation, and cloud integration experience to help shape and execute this forward leaning effort.

As part of the customer’s broader consolidation and modernization vision, this role contributes directly to the establishment of team dedicated to maintaining a Cyber Threat Intelligence Database. This role will also contribute to the creation, maintenance, and expansion of such a system across multiple domains. This position plays a key role in enhancing cybersecurity posture, improving operational efficiency, and working with key external partners to support a highly complex Threat Intelligence platform.

Salary Range: $94,000 - $112,000 Location: Arlington, VA Job Type: Onsite

Eligibility:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability prior to starting employment
• 5+ years of Linux systems administration experience (RHEL 8/9/10 preferred)

Responsibilities Include:

• Standardize processes across multiple CISA environments
• Prioritize critical updates aligned with CISA IT cybersecurity objectives
• Integrate automation and intelligent systems to reduce manual effort
• Strengthen collaboration between CISA teams, government sponsors, and tenants
• Improve transparency, metrics, and operational agility
• Leverage deep technical expertise to automate tasks and optimize system performance
• Support cloud environments while contributing to the development of enterprise wide patching standards and best practices
• Engineer and maintain Linux system architectures (primarily RHEL 8/9/10 and AWS Linux)
• Perform OS security hardening, patching, and lifecycle maintenance
• Manage backup, recovery, and configuration documentation to ensure system integrity
• Engineer the design and implementation of standardized patching methodologies across AWS, AZURE, Google Cloud environments
• Prioritize and execute critical updates in alignment with CISA IT Patch Management Guidelines
• Participate in efforts to refine workflows, metrics, and operational processes.
• Integrate AWS, AZURE and Google native services to enhance performance, resilience, and scalability of patching and DevOps infrastructure
• Evaluate and implement AI capabilities into the Threat Intelligence Platform.
• Contribute to enterprise cloud and DevOps standards, guidelines, and best practices
• Serve as a central conduit between ESS teams, government sponsors, and tenants.
• Establish and track metrics such as patch compliance, deployment timelines, and automation achievements
• Support iterative improvements based on stakeholder feedback and operational data.
• Follow established testing and implementation methods to ensure stability and interoperability of vendor provided patches and code.
• Recreate unique circumstances within a database to reproduce issues experienced by users and analyze database behavior for potential solutions.
• Coordinate and work with external experts from multiple vendors simultaneously to troubleshoot complex issues in a highly integrated environment supporting both a complex database as well as multiple dependent applications.

Required Skills:

• Strong background in Linux Engineering
• Experience with PostgreSQL databases
• Experience with performance tuning and troubleshooting across compute, network, and storage layers
• Experience with general networking concepts or AWS specific networking and security.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in development environments
• Experience in Classified Environments
• Experience with SELinux, multilevel security systems, or Cross Domain Solutions
• Experience coordinating with external vendors to communicate customer needs and feature requests.
• Experience with HTTP API’s and authentication using API keys and OAuth Tokens

Desired Certifications:

• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II
• CompTIA Linux+
• Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)

Required Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering, or related degree; or High School Diploma and 7+ years of lab management or systems administration experience.