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Linux Operating System Engineer

Apptad IncMinneapolis, MN🇺🇸United States

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SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationMinneapolis, MN, United States
ShellAWSAnsibleBashPythonLinuxIAMITIL

Job description

Job Title: Linux Operating System Engineer

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Duration: Contract

Mandatory Skills: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8),AWS EC2,EBS,VPC,IAMCloud Watch, Python, Bash

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Linux Operating System Engineer to manage, maintain, and support enterprise Linux infrastructure across both On-Premises Data Centers and AWS Cloud environments. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8) administration, automation, troubleshooting, infrastructure operations, and IT Service Management processes utilizing ITIL best practices and ServiceNow.

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer, maintain, and support RHEL 8 servers in both On-Premises and AWS environments.
  • Perform Linux server provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
  • Manage system performance, capacity planning, and availability to ensure compliance with service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Monitor infrastructure health and proactively address performance bottlenecks and operational risks.
  • Troubleshoot complex Linux OS, application, storage, and network-related issues.
  • Implement OS hardening, security controls, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements.
  • Manage AWS-based Linux workloads, including EC2 instances, EBS storage, security groups, and cloud networking components.
  • Collaborate with application, database, network, and security teams to resolve incidents and support business services.
  • Develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash, Python, or Ansible to streamline operational tasks.
  • Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions.
  • Execute change, incident, problem, and request management activities in accordance withITIL processes.
  • Utilize ServiceNow for incident tracking, change implementation, problem management, and service requests.
  • Create and maintain operational documentation, technical procedures, and knowledge base articles.
  • Participate in on-call support and major incident management activities as required.

Required Skills & Experience

Linux Administration

  • 5+ years of Linux system administration experience.
  • Strong expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8).
  • Experience managing enterprise Linux environments at scale.

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Hands-on experience supporting Linux workloads in AWS Cloud.
  • Experience with:
    • EC2
    • EBS
    • VPC
    • IAM
    • CloudWatch
    • Auto Scaling

Automation & Scripting

  • Proficiency in:
    • Bash Shell Scripting
    • Python
    • Ansible

ABOUT US

Apptad offers strategic consulting, enterprise information management and digital transformation services. With globally connected offices in US and India along with a team of trained and certified IT resources, Apptad ensures quick and effective delivery to its customers.Apptad is relentlessly reinventing the outlook of how companies leverage data.

With an effort to enable our customers the ability to solve biggest problems within their organization.We perceive our clients’ problems and respond with custom solutions instead of handing over boilerplate responses.

OUR MISSION

Customer Focus: We listen carefully to the needs of our clients so that we know what’s important for their business and can design a customized solution for their business.

Innovation: As a firm, we believe in constantly upgrading ourselves and improving our solutions to adapt to the changing landscape of technology.

Accountability and Ethics: We believe in taking our commitments as seriously as our customers and living up to them while building trust for a long term business relationship.

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