Job Description

Job Summary
Information and Technology Services (ITS) is seeking a Linux Server Engineer Senior to join the Systems Operations group. In this role, your primary focus will be engineering and supporting the core Linux infrastructure at ITS-including server platforms and critical systems-while collaborating closely with the ITS Container Service team. You will leverage high degrees of automation and integrate with modern cloud-native systems. This position reports to the Linux Infrastructure Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities*
Provide daily support and administration for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, and other enterprise Linux distributions across both on-premise and cloud platforms
Develop, automate, and document procedures to install, patch, configure, manage, and maintain Linux operating systems using configuration management tools
Research, diagnose, and resolve complex technical incidents, performing root-cause analysis (RCA) and implementing long-term remediations
Collaborate with project teams and system architects to design and build scalable, secure infrastructure aligned with organizational standards and vendor requirements
Proactively monitor system performance, manage capacity planning, and conduct security hardening and vulnerability remediation
Support disaster recovery planning, backup operations, and system restoration processes to ensure continuous availability
Utilize analytical and creative problem-solving skills to protect systems, enforce security compliance, and ensure overall infrastructure stability
Demonstrate quality service, operational accountability, and effective technical leadership in resolving requests and mentoring junior team members
Required Qualifications*
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, business computing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, certifications, and experience
Experience: Minimum of five years of progressive experience in a related role, with a focus on troubleshooting, analyzing, and independently supporting enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, and other Linux distributions across on-premise and cloud environments
Automation & Scripting: Demonstrated experience writing, debugging, and maintaining Python or Bash scripts to automate administrative tasks, deployments, and operational workflows
Technical & Diagnostic Skills: Advanced ability to leverage administrative tools for root-cause analysis, log analysis, performance monitoring, and service restoration (including backup, recovery, and failover operations)
Networking, Storage & Security: Sound foundational knowledge of enterprise storage management (LVM, NFS), core network services (DNS, TCP/IP, SSH), and OS hardening/security standards
Leadership & Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to manage complex technical projects, maintain awareness of emerging industry best practices, and effectively mentor team members or influence technical decisions through a consensus-building approach
Desired Qualifications*
Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience developing and maintaining playbook/configuration repositories using automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, or Salt
Containers & Kubernetes Systems: Experience supporting Linux host OS nodes, container runtimes (e.g., Docker, Podman, containerd), or Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms
Cloud Infrastructure: Practical experience architecting, deploying, and managing Linux workloads within cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
Automated OS Provisioning: Experience implementing automated operating system deployment and image creation tools (e.g., Kickstart, Cloud-init, Packer)
Observability & Log Analytics: Familiarity with enterprise monitoring and log analytics tools such as Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK), Prometheus, or Grafana
Virtualization: Experience configuring and managing virtual machines within VMware vSphere or hyperconverged infrastructure environments
Hardware & Data Center Operations: Experience configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting physical server hardware, specifically enterprise HPE and Dell platforms (including out-of-band management via iLO/iDRAC)