Senior Linux Engineer

About the position

The Senior Linux Engineer will join a high-performing team responsible for building and maintaining the Linux server infrastructure that supports critical applications for both internal partners and external customers. This role involves delivering high availability solutions, implementing security best practices, and automating platform maintenance and deployment. The engineer will act as a thought leader in digital transformation and cloud migration, collaborating with application teams to evaluate and implement solutions that meet business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Join a high-performing team responsible for building and maintaining Linux server infrastructure.
• Participate in delivering high availability solutions and implementing security best practices.
• Remediate vulnerabilities and deliver automated solutions for easier platform maintenance and deployment.
• Work with application teams to determine requirements and evaluate solutions.
• Perform daily administration of Redhat Linux 7/8/9 on-prem and in Google Cloud Platform.
• Build server images to conform to standards, including hardening and security compliance.
• Manage service level agreements, documentation, and policy/procedure related to Linux Servers.
• Respond to off-hours calls/text for L3 on-call support and execute changes as needed.
• Create and manage scripts to perform system tasks with Ansible.
• Assist with design, configuration, and maintenance of the Linux server environment using Packer, Terraform, and VMware.
• Manage and maintain VMware virtualization environment on a hyperconverged server platform.
• Own and operate the company's release engineering infrastructure, including automation tooling and CI resources.
• Audit and secure services across development, test, and production environments.
• Independently coordinate with system vendors to resolve system issues.
• Support and maintain the hardware and software infrastructure with a target of zero unplanned downtime.
• Assist with internal and external audits.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience in RHEL server administration.
• Demonstrated experience in managing, implementing, and maintaining an enterprise-level server environment including VMware, physical, and Cloud.
• Experience deploying and maintaining servers in a public-cloud hosted environment such as Google Cloud Platform & Azure.
• Solid knowledge of Delinia Server Suite (Centrify AD Bridge) for upgrade/maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Practical experience with Ansible and shell scripting to automate tasks at an enterprise scale.
• General knowledge in networking including TCP/IP, ACLs, VIPs, VPNs.
• Knowledge of Packer and Git Lab.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Linux Security Baseline Management.
• Experience with SSH Key management.
• Experience with Redhat Satellite administration, upgrading, and maintenance.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Access to AI tools for job description enhancement