Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Hybrid)

We're hiring a Linux Infrastructure Engineer to join our team inRichmond, VA. This role offers ahybridschedule with onsite presence during designated team weeks and as required for projects or operational support.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Must be able to work on a W-2
• 5 years of hands-on enterprise Linux administration experience
• Demonstrated experience with provisioning, configuration, maintenance, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and production support
• Hands-on Ansible experience and proficiency with Bash, Python, or another relevant scripting language
• Strong understanding of Linux networking, DNS, storage, filesystems, authentication, access controls, and package management
• Experience working within formal incident, problem, change, and service-management processes
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, participate in scheduled maintenance windows, and support an on-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications:

• RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ansible Automation Platform or Tower
• Terraform; VMware; Azure, AWS, or GCP; Git and CI/CD
• ServiceNow or Jira; SolarWinds, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch
• Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, or EKS

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, provision, configure, maintain, upgrade, and decommission physical and virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers
• Monitor health, capacity, availability, performance, and operational stability; troubleshoot storage, filesystems, services, processes, packages, networking, permissions, and access
• Support operating system modernization, technology refresh, and lifecycle activities while maintaining approved operational, security, and compliance configurations
• Execute monthly patching, kernel and operating system updates, scheduled maintenance, and urgent out-of-cycle remediation using approved enterprise processes
• Validate server health, application connectivity, and stability after maintenance; resolve package, repository, dependency, kernel, boot, and configuration failures
• Remediate vulnerabilities and maintain procedures, records, evidence, and documentation supporting cybersecurity requirements 
• Develop, test, maintain, and support Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, templates, and workflows for provisioning, patching, configuration, compliance, and maintenance
• Use Bash, Python, or similar scripting to reduce manual work and improve consistency; contribute to Infrastructure as Code using technologies such as Terraform
• Maintain automation in approved source control and apply appropriate safeguards, validation, error handling, and controlled execution
• Diagnose and resolve complex Linux incidents, service requests, and escalations, including high-priority production events and live troubleshooting calls

Education/Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering
• Security+, cloud, or Kubernetes certifications preferred

The hourly rate for this position is $74.53.

TM Floyd & Company is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

We offer a generous array of benefits, depending on the length of assignment. We also offer a referral bonus of up to $1,000. Ask us for more details!

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