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# Linux System Engineer

- **Company:** Autonomous Recruiter LLC
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Python (Programming Language), Network Troubleshooting, Networking Basics, Routing, Performance Tuning, TCP/IP, Datadog, Data Logging, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/5399fa06-8383-488d-81df-adeadce80ac5/linux-system-engineer

## About the Role

* Strong Linux systems engineering experience, ideally within trading, financial technology, cloud infrastructure or another performance-critical environment.
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 * Excellent hands-on knowledge of Linux administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning and production operations.
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 * Strong programming and scripting skills, particularly in Python and Bash.
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 * Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, routing, switching and network troubleshooting.
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 * Experience with configuration management, infrastructure automation and deployment tooling.
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 * Familiarity with observability tooling, monitoring, alerting, logging and tracing.
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 * Strong diagnostic ability across the application, operating-system, network and hardware layers.
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 * A pragmatic, ownership-driven mindset with excellent communication and collaboration skills.