Linux Operating System Engineer

Horizontal Talent

Minneapolis, United States

21 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

Secure Shell (SSH) Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Bash Shell Databases Linux Disaster Recovery File Systems Domain Name System (DNS) Perl (Programming Language) Monitoring of Systems Identity and Access Management

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Python (Programming Language) Linux Kernel Linux System Administration Logical Volume Manager Network File Systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ansible Service Pack Software Vulnerability Management Cloud Platform System Autoscaling Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Cloudwatch Servicenow

Job description

Administer, maintain, and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 servers across on-premises and AWS environments.
Handle server provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and ongoing lifecycle management.
Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability, and take proactive steps to support SLA goals.
Investigate and resolve complex issues related to Linux OS, applications, storage, and networking.
Support Linux hardening, access management, security patching, vulnerability remediation, and compliance activities.
Manage AWS Linux workloads, including EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling components.
Develop and maintain automation using Bash, Python, Perl, or Ansible to improve operational efficiency.
Collaborate with infrastructure, application, database, network, and security teams to support business services.
Assist with backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability processes.
Use ITIL-based processes and ServiceNow for incidents, changes, problems, requests, and related service management activities.
Create and update technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge base content.
Participate in on-call support and major incident response as needed.

Requirements

5+ years of Linux system administration experience.
Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, especially RHEL 8.
Experience supporting enterprise Linux environments at scale.
Practical AWS experience supporting Linux workloads in cloud environments.
Working knowledge of EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.
Automation and scripting experience with Bash, Python, Perl, or Ansible.
Solid troubleshooting skills across Linux kernel, systemd, LVM, file systems, networking, DNS, SSH, and NFS.
Understanding of ITIL practices and service management workflows.
Experience using ServiceNow for incident, change, problem, and request management.
Ability to analyze logs, identify root causes, and resolve performance or availability issues.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

Experience working in both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure environments.
Familiarity with enterprise security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation practices.
Experience supporting backup, recovery, disaster recovery, or high-availability solutions.
Experience creating clear technical documentation and knowledge base articles.
Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

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