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# Senior IT Infrastructure UNIX Engineer

- **Company:** Kforce Inc.
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Active Directory, User Authentication, Bash Shell, Unix, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Desktop Computing, Domain Name System (DNS), Message Transfer Agent, Perl (Programming Language), VMware ESX Servers, Github, Python (Programming Language), Kerberos (Protocol), Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP), Unix Shell, Network Time Protocols, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Reverse Engineering, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Sendmail, High Performance Computing, Postfix, Information Technology, Bare Metal, Patch Management, Data Management, Ansible Tower, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/73bf053e-2748-40d5-8b2b-d5db3fda85af

## About the Role

* Minimum Bachelor's in a Computer Science/Engineering degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
 * 5+ years of experience as a senior UNIX/Linux system administrator across the full life cycle
 * Strong CI/CD experience GitHub, AWX, Ansible Tower, Foreman and/or Jenkins
 * Experience designing, developing, implementing and testing enterprise scale solutions
 * All rounded experience of distributed networks, segmentation/firewalls, IP services. (DNS, NTP, DHCP), IdM (Authentication/Authorization), LDAP, SSSD, Kerberos, SAML and Active Directory
 * Knowledge of enterprise cybersecurity standards, frameworks and best practices including operating system hardening control sets
 * Working with an outsourcing partner that operates and maintains the infrastructure
 * In-depth UNIX development with shell, python and Perl scripting
 * Hands-on implementing multiple infrastructure operational and management solutions
 * Taking ownership, being self-sufficient, ability to prioritize workloads and execute daily tasks
 * Strong communication skills - Written and oral
 * Ability to independently solve complex problems with the operating system

Other/Desirable Skills:

 * Experience with High-Performance Computing (HPC) and supporting infrastructure
 * Experience with enterprise UNIX mail server migrations (sendmail, postfix, Exim)
 * Experience of infrastructure deployments for manufacturing and supply chain operations
 * Experience in end-to-end automated server builds and pipelines
 * In depth knowledge of Kubernetes platform and Container/Docker implementations
 * Knowledge of enterprise patch management services
 * Understanding Infoblox would be desirable

## Description

Kforce is immediately seeking a Senior IT Infrastructure UNIX Engineer in support of our enterprise storage and compute customer based in Sunnyvale, CA., * Design, develop, maintain and support UNIX/Linux operating system CI/CD for bare-metal, ESX virtualization and AMIs

 * Network build and qualify RHEL9 on end-user desktop/workstation hardware including runtimes, modules and a full application stack
 * Physical onsite delivery and installations within labs, infrastructure build and staging environments
 * Engage with internal customers to seek agreement on operating system builds, deployment, installation, configuration, compliance and implementation
 * Develop infrastructure as code using Unix shell, Python and Perl scripting in conjunction with GitHub
 * Manage automations using AWX, Red Hat Ansible Tower, Foreman and/or Jenkins
 * Research the best products and technologies to meet defined requirements and objectives
 * Produce high and low-level design, workflow, connectivity and procedural documentation
 * Perform in-depth troubleshooting and reverse engineering to support incident/problem tickets
 * Integrate with network, storage, hypervisors and applications