Highlights
Administer, secure, automate, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux platforms, ensuring availability, performance, patch compliance, recoverability, and consistent configuration across on-premises and cloud environments. Strong command-line, shell scripting, systemd, package management, storage, networking, and troubleshooting skills.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Little Rock, AR (Remote) |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Website | http://www.ampcus.com |
Description
Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.
Job Title: Linux Engineer
Location(s): Little Rock, AR
(Remote)
Job Summary
Administer, secure, automate, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux platforms, ensuring availability, performance, patch compliance, recoverability, and consistent configuration across on-premises and cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, configure, patch, upgrade, harden, and support Linux servers and associated platform services.
- Monitor system health, capacity, logs, storage, processes, networking, and performance; resolve incidents and recurring problems.
- Manage users, groups, sudo, SSH, packages, repositories, filesystems, services, and scheduled jobs.
- Implement vulnerability remediation, secure baselines, certificate updates, and audit evidence.
- Develop shell, Python, or Ansible automation for provisioning, configuration, validation, and reporting.
- Support backup, recovery, clustering, disaster recovery, and continuity testing.
- Collaborate with application, database, cloud, network, and security teams on releases and root-cause analysis.
- Maintain CMDB accuracy, runbooks, configuration standards, and change records.
Required Qualifications
- 1–3 years of experience administering enterprise Linux environments, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or comparable distributions.Strong command-line, shell scripting, systemd, package management, storage, networking, and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with patching, hardening, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, backup, and ITSM processes.
- Working knowledge of Ansible, Python, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
- Ability to support scheduled maintenance and on-call rotations as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Red Hat, Linux Foundation, CompTIA Linux+, cloud, or automation certification.
- Experience with containers, Kubernetes, Satellite/repository management, clustering, and regulated environments.
Preferred Locations:
- Little Rock, AR, and New Orleans, LA (Remote candidates accepted)
Work Authorization:
- US Citizens or Green Card Holders Only
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.
About Company
Ampcus Inc is a global technology and business consulting firm specializing in Digital Transforrmation, Big Data, Analytics, Cyber Security, Testing, IV&V, Infrastructure Management and Enterprise Solutions. Ampcus Inc is an SBA 8(a) certified Women and Minority Owned global Provider of broad range of consulting Services. From strategy to execution, our disciplined yet flexible approach starts and ends with our clients. By listening hard and working harder, their goals become our goals. We are an ISO 9000, ISO 20000, ISO 27000 and CMMi Level certified company.
Ampcus consultants have significant business, engineering and technology experience. Our consultants have over 20 years of business experience and an average of over 10 years of engineering and technology experience. This means that the project teams understand how systems work and how the technology impacts the business processes of organizations.
We believe that success of an engagement is determined by strong project management, clear communication and mutual commitment working collaboratively. Our methodology begins by listening to the customer needs, then working with their teams to gain a clear understanding of the requirements, while providing a knowledge transfer of best practices for the organization. As a recognized leader providing customized software services, management and engineering solutions to companies around the world, our ability to deliver is a "granted" that makes companies put their trust in us to answer their day-to-day business challenges and put them on a path for greater success. We are the choice for our clients because we look at our clients business from a growth perspective.
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Specialties: Digital Transformation, Big Data and Analytics, Infrastructure Management Services, Testing and IV&V, Cyber Security, Active Directory and E-mail Infrastructure, Project Management, Training, and ERP, CRM. EAI, BI