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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Linux Platform Engineer - **Company:** Ecolab - **Location:** Eagan, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $107,600.0 - $161,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** IBM AIX, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Unix, Cloud Computing, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring of Systems, Linux Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, SAP (Applications), Server Administration, Shell Script, SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers, Google Cloud, SUSE Linux, System Availability, Kubernetes, Information Technology - **Published:** September 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/592b66ae-2a8b-4933-8092-bb09efb6ffaa ## About the Role The Lead Linux Platform Engineer will be a critical member of the Global Linux Server Platform team at Ecolab, Inc. This position is in a high-paced and demanding environment which requires clear time management skills, self-directed organizational skills, and attention to detail. Additionally, the ideal candidate is a self-starter, self-disciplined with their work, and often going above and beyond what is needed/requested. Furthermore, as a global company, this role will work alongside many IT associates with a multi-cultural and multi-lingual background with English as a second language., * Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience * 8 years of IT experience * 5 years of UNIX (SLES and RHEL Linux, AIX a plus) Server experience * 5 years of Ansible experience. * Flexibility to work nights and weekends, participating in on-call rotations * Expertise in Creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks. * Expertise in SLES, RHEL and AIX OS support * Proficiency in shell scripting and automation. * Experience with Azure * No Immigration Sponsorship available Preferred Qualifications: * Experience with SUSE Multi-Linux Management * Experience with containers and Kubernetes * Experience with supporting SLES for SAP. * Google Cloud Platform and AWS Cloud experience. ## Description * Technical lead for our Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). Create and maintain AAP playbooks for automated disaster recovery and Linux operational work. * Provide operational support of the companies ~600 Linux based servers. This includes both OnPrem and Cloud based servers. 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