COPY - Linux Engineer

Insight Global is seeking a Linux Engineer to support and maintain enterprise Linux environments for one of our largest oil and gas clients in Downtown Houston, TX. This individual will be responsible for building, configuring, and supporting Linux systems, contributing to configuration management, and collaborating with CI/CD and deployment teams. The role focuses on core Linux fundamentals while supporting modern infrastructure and deployment tooling in a fast-paced enterprise environment. This role is 5 days a week, onsite, in Downtown Houston, and will be a long-term contract. The pay rate for this position will be $46/hr.

5+ years of hands-on Linux experience

Strong configuration management experience (Salt, Ansible, Terraform)

Ability to build and manage OS images

Working knowledge of RPM package creation and management

Core Linux administration and troubleshooting skills

Understanding of deployment tools and how systems are started and managed

Exposure to CI/CD environments (SOX / Release Management awareness)

Basic understanding of containers and Kubernetes

Experience working with open-source tools and technologies Kubernetes administration or support experience

CI/CD pipeline implementation or optimization experience

Infrastructure-as-Code best practices beyond basic usage

Scripting experience (Bash, Python)

Experience standardizing Linux environments at scale

Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Experience supporting regulated or compliance-driven environments