Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Hybrid)

We’re hiring a Linux Infrastructure Engineer to join our team in Richmond, VA. This role offers a hybrid schedule with onsite presence during designated team weeks and as required for projects or operational support., * Administer, provision, configure, maintain, upgrade, and decommission physical and virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers

• Monitor health, capacity, availability, performance, and operational stability; troubleshoot storage, filesystems, services, processes, packages, networking, permissions, and access
• Support operating system modernization, technology refresh, and lifecycle activities while maintaining approved operational, security, and compliance configurations
• Execute monthly patching, kernel and operating system updates, scheduled maintenance, and urgent out-of-cycle remediation using approved enterprise processes
• Validate server health, application connectivity, and stability after maintenance; resolve package, repository, dependency, kernel, boot, and configuration failures
• Remediate vulnerabilities and maintain procedures, records, evidence, and documentation supporting cybersecurity requirements
• Develop, test, maintain, and support Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, templates, and workflows for provisioning, patching, configuration, compliance, and maintenance
• Use Bash, Python, or similar scripting to reduce manual work and improve consistency; contribute to Infrastructure as Code using technologies such as Terraform
• Maintain automation in approved source control and apply appropriate safeguards, validation, error handling, and controlled execution
• Diagnose and resolve complex Linux incidents, service requests, and escalations, including high-priority production events and live troubleshooting calls

• Must be able to work on a W-2
• 5 years of hands-on enterprise Linux administration experience
• Demonstrated experience with provisioning, configuration, maintenance, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and production support
• Hands-on Ansible experience and proficiency with Bash, Python, or another relevant scripting language
• Strong understanding of Linux networking, DNS, storage, filesystems, authentication, access controls, and package management
• Experience working within formal incident, problem, change, and service-management processes
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, participate in scheduled maintenance windows, and support an on-call rotation

Preferred Qualifications:

• RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ansible Automation Platform or Tower
• Terraform; VMware; Azure, AWS, or GCP; Git and CI/CD
• ServiceNow or Jira; SolarWinds, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch
• Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, or EKS, * Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering
• Security+, cloud, or Kubernetes certifications preferred

We offer a generous array of benefits, depending on the length of assignment. We also offer a referral bonus of up to $1,000. Ask us for more details!

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