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# Linux System Admin

- **Company:** New York, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Build Automation, Software Debugging, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Ansible, Ruby, Kubernetes, Build Tools, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b7410cc7-9b38-4ca4-93c0-6e9dfdb677a7

## About the Role

1. Linux Skills
 2. Automation
 3. AWS, * 7+ years working with Linux in production
 * Strong automation skills (Python and/or Ruby, Ansible preferred)
 * Experience debugging complex systems issues
 * Comfortable working across cloud + on-prem environments
 * U.S. Person required (FedRAMP; U.S.-based work)

Nice to Have

 * Docker / Kubernetes
 * AMIs or container image building
 * Go, C, or other systems-level languages
 * Experience with compliance environments (FedRAMP, NIST, etc.)

Team Culture

 * We value engineers who take ownership, dive deep, and build systems that make the right thing easy. Strong fundamentals matter more than specific tools.

## Description

Our team owns OS configuration, automation, AMIs, and container base images across a large-scale hybrid environment (AWS + on-prem). If you enjoy working across layers from automation to low-level debugging this role sits right at that boundary.

What You ll Do

 * Build automation for Linux host lifecycle (config, patching, images)
 * Own system services, base images, and infrastructure components
 * Debug production issues across OS, performance, and service layers
 * Work across codebases (C, Go, Python, Ruby) to diagnose and fix issues
 * Lead projects from ambiguous problems to production
 * Improve reliability through automation and system design
 * Partner on security and FedRAMP requirements
 * Participate in a sustainable on-call rotation (~16 days/year)

What Makes This Role Interesting

 * Own the Linux layer across the entire platform
 * Work across the stack: kernel containers automation
 * Solve real tradeoffs: reliability, security, and developer experience
 * High ownership with direct impact on how engineers run services


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