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# Opening for Linux Systems Engineer || San Jose, CA- 95134 || Contract

- **Company:** SR Partners LLC
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Secure Shell (SSH), Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Ubuntu (Operating System), Configuration Management, System Configuration, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Linux, File Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Perl (Programming Language), FlexNet Publisher, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Network Connections, Network File Systems, OpenShift, OpenStack, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Prometheus, Security Information and Event Management, SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers, TCP/IP, Software Vulnerability Management, Datadog, Data Logging, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, High Performance Computing, System Availability, Grafana, Firewalls (Computer Science), Kubernetes, Slurm, Splunk, Vmware
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/3a0a84e6-7fc0-4361-9af7-38581a9eca98

## About the Role

* Strong Linux system-administration and production-support experience.
 * Advanced troubleshooting skills across operating systems, networking, storage, and applications.
 * Proficiency with Bash and at least one additional language such as Python or Perl.
 * Experience with Ansible or another configuration-management tool.
 * Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, LDAP, SSH, firewalls, and load-balancing concepts.
 * Experience with patching, security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and access management.
 * Familiarity with VMware, KVM, or another virtualization platform.
 * Experience using monitoring and logging platforms.
 * Understanding of incident, problem, change, and release-management processes.

Preferred Skills:

 * Experience supporting EDA, semiconductor, R&D, HPC, or compute-farm environments.
 * Knowledge of Slurm, LSF, Grid Engine, or another workload scheduler.
 * Experience with Azure, OpenStack, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.
 * Familiarity with FlexNet/FLEXlm or comparable engineering-license systems.
 * Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or Elastic.
 * RHCSA, RHCE, Linux Foundation, or equivalent certification.

## Description

* Install, configure, administer, patch, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux systems.
 * Support RHEL, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, Ubuntu, SLES, or comparable distributions.
 * Provision physical and virtual servers and maintain standardized operating-system images.
 * Automate system configuration and routine operations using Ansible, Python, Bash, or similar tools.
 * Manage user access, permissions, SSH, service accounts, certificates, and system-security controls.
 * Support DNS, DHCP, NFS, file systems, storage mounts, network connectivity, and related infrastructure services.
 * Monitor system availability, capacity, performance, logs, and security events.
 * Troubleshoot CPU, memory, disk, I/O, process, network, and application-performance issues.
 * Support VMware, KVM, OpenStack, Azure, or other virtual and cloud environments.
 * Perform patching, vulnerability remediation, backup validation, and recovery testing.
 * Respond to incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement permanent corrective actions.
 * Maintain configuration standards, SOPs, runbooks, inventory, and operational documentation.
 * Participate in change management, scheduled maintenance, and on-call support as required.