Senior Linux/Unix Kubernetes Administrator

Location: Harrisburg, PA
Employment Type: Contract – Long Term
Compensation: $48/hour on W2
Experience Level: 10+ Years
Work Authorization: USC, GC

About the Role

PHEAA is seeking a Senior Linux/Unix Kubernetes Administrator to support and manage complex infrastructure across on-premises data centers and AWS cloud environments.

This position requires a highly experienced infrastructure professional with strong expertise in AIX/RHEL, Kubernetes, AWS, virtualization, storage, networking, security, automation, and disaster recovery.

What You'll Do

• Design and manage Linux/Unix and Kubernetes environments across on-premises and AWS platforms.

• Administer AIX, RHEL/Enterprise Linux, Kubernetes, virtualization, and storage infrastructure.

• Support AWS migrations and services across cloud and physical data center environments.

• Manage high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and recovery solutions.

• Troubleshoot networking components including TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, routing, load balancing, VLANs, proxies, and gateways.

• Develop automation and administration scripts using Bash, KornShell, and Python.

• Manage Linux security, certificates, keys, ACLs, PAM, IAM, and vulnerability remediation.

• Support SAN, NAS, S3, LVM, RAID, and backup/recovery technologies.

• Administer KVM, VirtIO, QEMU, Podman, Docker, and LXC environments.

• Provide production and on-call support when required.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional Linux/Unix administration experience.

• Hands-on experience with AIX and RHEL.

• Strong Kubernetes administration and implementation experience.

• Strong AWS/cloud infrastructure experience.

• Experience supporting enterprise on-premises infrastructure.

• Strong understanding of storage, virtualization, containers, networking, security, and disaster recovery.

• Proficiency with Bash, KornShell, and Python scripting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Rancher

• Kubernetes Manifest Files

• Helm Charts

• CI/CD

• Git/GitLab

• AWS EKS/ECS

• Azure AKS/ACI

• Java VM/Tomcat troubleshooting

• PostgreSQL deployment/configuration

• Gradle/Maven

Additional Information

This is a long-term W2 contract opportunity based in Harrisburg, PA, paying $48/hour on W2.

Only candidates authorized to work in the U.S. as US Citizens or Green Card holders should apply.