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# Linux Platform / SRE Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** BCforward
- **Location:** Plano, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $142,085.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, Linux, Distributed File Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Python (Programming Language), Kerberos (Protocol), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Linux System Administration, Linux Servers, Logical Volume Manager, Simple Mail Transfer Protocols, Network File Systems, Network Time Protocols, Performance Tuning, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Ansible, Runbook, TCP/IP, Oracle Linux, Virtualization Technology, Software Vulnerability Management, Datadog, Data Storage Management, Software Troubleshooting, OpenSSH, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/f9459ced-9e70-4a83-a67f-55d2bc49754e

## About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Linux Platform / SRE Infrastructure Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Oracle Enterprise Linux administration, automation, and SRE practices and a proven ability to optimize reliability, performance, and scalability across enterprise platforms., * 5+ years of experience in Linux system administration in enterprise environments.

 * Strong expertise with Oracle Enterprise Linux and Fleet Patching and Provisioning (FPP).
 * Proven experience with HA systems, virtualization, and storage management.
 * Hands-on experience with automation and configuration management tools, preferably Ansible.
 * Proficiency in Bash or Python.
 * Strong troubleshooting, performance tuning, and incident management skills.
 * Solid understanding of compute, storage, and networking.
 * Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
 * Documentation discipline for architecture, processes, and operational procedures.
 * Adherence to change management and incident governance frameworks.

Preferred Skills:

 * Strong communication and collaboration in a global team environment.
 * Experience with observability tooling and SRE runbooks.

## Description

* Lead administration, monitoring, and performance tuning of Oracle Enterprise Linux in large-scale environments.
 * Oversee design, build, and lifecycle management of Linux servers, including storage, virtualization, and infrastructure.
 * Manage HA, clustering, and load-balanced environments for minimal downtime.
 * Drive capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability.
 * Define and implement SRE principles, including SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets.
 * Lead infrastructure automation for provisioning, configuration, and patching using Ansible.
 * Build and maintain self-healing systems and deployment automation.
 * Install, configure, and maintain OEL OS and related software stacks.
 * Manage LVM, distributed file systems, NFS, and automount configurations.
 * Maintain DNS, NTP, LDAP/Kerberos, SMTP, and OpenSSH services.
 * Troubleshoot TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, and RPC protocols.
 * Implement and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks.
 * Lead incident response, RCA, postmortems, and drive continuous improvement.
 * Ensure security hardening, compliance, patching, and vulnerability remediation.
 * Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and enforce operational standards and runbooks.