Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Linux Compute / AWS / Terraform

Our client, a IT Services and Consulting company, is looking for a Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Linux Compute / AWS / Terraform for their Hartford, CT/ Hybrid location.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the highest level technical escalation point (L3 SME) for Linux/Unix infrastructure.
• Manage and support large-scale Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux, CentOS, SUSE, and Unix environments.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of OS, kernel, filesystem, storage, networking, and performance issues.
• Lead OS patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure system availability, stability, scalability, and operational compliance.
• Lead resolution of critical incidents and major outages.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.
• Review and approve changes related to compute infrastructure.
• Drive continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Conduct capacity planning and resource optimization.
• Analyze system utilization, bottlenecks, and trends.
• Implement proactive monitoring and self-healing mechanisms.
• Drive toil reduction through automation and operational innovation.
• Develop and maintain shell scripting and automation solutions.
• Automate provisioning, patching, compliance checks, and operational tasks.
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform.
• Support CI/CD integration for infrastructure deployment activities.

Requirements:

• Top 3 skills required for this role:
• Compute - Linux
• AWS
• Terraform
• Years of Experience: 18.00 Years of Experience

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities