Senior Operations Platform Engineer – Mission Systems at Arcadia Talent Advisory in Dulles, Virginia, United States
- Company: Arcadia Talent Advisory
- Location: Dulles, Virginia, United States
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 6+ years
Overview
This role is responsible for the day-to-day stability, availability, and sustainment of mission-critical systems operating within a secure SCIF environment. The position focuses on hands-on Operations & Maintenance (O&M), ensuring infrastructure reliability, rapid issue resolution, and compliance wi…
Job description
- This role is responsible for the day-to-day stability, availability, and sustainment of mission-critical systems operating within a secure SCIF environment. The position focuses on hands-on Operations & Maintenance (O&M), ensuring infrastructure reliability, rapid issue resolution, and compliance with operational baselines.
Responsibilities
- Provide Echelon 1 Operations & Maintenance support for secure mission platforms
- Administer and maintain Linux systems, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle Linux
- Support and operate VMware virtualization environments, including vCenter and ESXi hosts
- Perform hardware-level troubleshooting across servers, networking components, and storage systems
- Manage system baselines, execute patching cycles, and support defect identification and tracking
- Administer directory services, including LDAP, within secure enterprise environments
- Monitor system health and availability using enterprise monitoring tools
- Support storage and network services such as SAN/NAS, NFS, and DNS
- Collaborate with engineering and security teams to ensure system stability and compliance within the SCIF
Requirements
- ** Federal Project - Applicant must be a United States Citizen with Active Secret **
- Strong experience in Linux system administration, specifically RHEL and/or Oracle Linux
- Hands-on experience supporting VMware infrastructure, including vCenter and ESXi
- Experience administering LDAP or comparable directory services
- Proven ability to perform hardware troubleshooting across compute, network, and storage platforms
- Experience with baseline configuration management, patching, and defect tracking in operational environments
- Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly, required on day one
- Scripting experience using Bash
- Familiarity with Dell and Cisco hardware platforms
- Experience supporting SAN/NAS storage, NFS, and DNS services
- Exposure to system monitoring tools such as Nagios
- Working knowledge of Windows-based systems
Skills
Required
- VMware infrastructure (vCenter, ESXi)
- LDAP or comparable directory services
- Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly
Preferred
- Bash scripting
- Dell and Cisco hardware platforms
- SAN/NAS storage, NFS, DNS services
- System monitoring tools (Nagios)
- Windows-based systems