Linux Engineer

Job Title - Linux Engineer
Job Location - Phoenix, AZ
Duration - 6 months and hire after that
 

Key Technologies

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Administration
• Automation using Ansible
• OS and Server Life cycle management

Nice to Haves

• Experience with patching technologies using Satellite, Tanium

We are seeking an experienced Linux Administrator to join our Operations Team. The Linux Administrator needs to have a deep and broad knowledge of computer software, hardware, and networks and will be responsible for designing, organizing, modifying, and supporting our systems.

Essential Responsibilities

• Linux systems implementation
• Full IT system lifecycle administration from installation to decommissioning of systems in both physical data center and cloud
• Perform end to end management of on-premise and cloud based Linux systems
• Responsible for ensuring uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues
• Measurement, optimization, and tuning of system performance and ensuring that systems will run reliably and are highly available in a 24/7 production environment
• Proactively monitor the health and utilization of systems
• Install, harden and patch Linux operating systems
• Plan, coordinate, and execute installation of new releases and upgrades of hardware/software
• Develop automation with Ansible, bash, python, or related technologies
• Serve on a rotating 24/7 on-call support team
• Embrace Infrastructure-as-Code
• Support incident management resolution and root cause analysis
• Assist in defining and designing system specifications and procedures
• Ensure adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements
• Support security audits, accreditation, and certification processes
• Partner with GRC teams to lead deployment of secure and compliant systems and services on-prem and in the cloud
• Partner with application teams to understand performance and capacity requirements of solutions and services
• Create procedure documentation and develop SOPs and run books
• Update existing documentation and identify and draft new documentation where appropriate
• Stay up to date on best practices involving Linux based systems and recommend changes to keep systems and infrastructure secure and robust

What Would Make Us Excited About You?

• Information Systems, Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent experience
• Intimate and extensive knowledge of Linux Administration and Engineering
• 4 years of hands-on IT systems or relevant experience in a commercial production environment
• 4 years of experience in Linux Administration
• 4 years of experience troubleshooting skills in a multi-user high availability environment
• Working knowledge of RedHat Satellite
• Experience with Client Infoscale preferred
• Experience with compliance and patch management tools like Tanium & Qualys
• Familiar with DevOps toolchain, i.e. BitBucket, JIRA, Jenkins Pipeline
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work alternative coverage schedules
• Strong initiative and passionate about learning new technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• AWS configuration, deployment and support experience
• Exposure to distributed systems networking concepts & protocols
• Experience with monitoring tools
• Fundamental Understanding of Networking & Security