IT Engineer Linux & Ansible Automation
Pay Range: $60/hour to $72/hour
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced
IT Engineer Linux & Ansible Automation to support the implementation, administration, automation, and optimization of enterprise Linux infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong Linux engineering expertise, experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, and a passion for automation, system reliability, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement, administer, and maintain Linux systems across physical data centers and cloud environments.
- Manage the full lifecycle of IT systems, including installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrades, and decommissioning.
- Ensure high availability and reliability of critical production systems through proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
- Monitor system health, performance, and utilization while identifying opportunities for optimization and tuning.
- Install, harden, patch, and secure Linux operating systems in accordance with industry best practices.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute hardware and software upgrades and new system deployments.
- Develop and maintain automation using Ansible, Bash, Python, or similar technologies.
- Support Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives and automation strategies.
- Participate in a rotating 24/7 on-call support schedule.
- Assist with incident response, root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.
- Contribute to system architecture, technical standards, and operational procedures.
- Support regulatory compliance, security audits, and certification activities.
- Collaborate with security, governance, and application teams to deploy secure, compliant, and scalable infrastructure solutions.
- Work with application teams to evaluate performance, capacity, and infrastructure requirements.
- Create, maintain, and update technical documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and operational runbooks.
- Stay current with Linux technologies, security best practices, and emerging infrastructure trends.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience administering Linux systems in a production environment.
- 4+ years of Linux systems administration and engineering experience.
- Experience supporting high-availability, multi-user enterprise environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
- Experience developing automation with Ansible and scripting languages such as Bash and Python.
- Working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Satellite.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps practices.
- Experience using source control, CI/CD, and collaboration tools such as Bitbucket, Jira, and Jenkins.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals, security concepts, and distributed systems.
- Experience with enterprise monitoring and alerting tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across technical teams and participate in an on-call rotation.
- Self-motivated with a strong desire to learn new technologies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Veritas InfoScale.
- Experience with compliance and vulnerability management tools such as Tanium and Qualys.
- Exposure to enterprise security, governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) processes.
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments.