IT Engineer - Linux and Ansible Automation

IT Engineer - Linux and Ansible Automation

Remote

Essential Responsibilities:

Linux systems implementation

Full IT system lifecycle administration from installation to decommissioning of systems in both physical data center and cloud

Perform end to end management of on-premise and cloud based Linux systems

Responsible for ensuring uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues

Measurement, optimization, and tuning of system performance and ensuring that systems will run reliably and are highly available in a 24/7 production environment

Proactively monitor the health and utilization of systems

Install, harden and patch Linux operating systems

Plan, coordinate, and execute installation of new releases and upgrades of hardware/software

Develop automation with Ansible, bash, python, or related technologies

Serve on a rotating 24/7 on-call support team

Embrace Infrastructure-as-Code

Support incident management resolution and root cause analysis

Assist in defining and designing system specifications and procedures

Ensures adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements

Support security audits, accreditation, and certification processes

Partner with GRC teams to lead deployment of secure and compliant systems and services on-prem and in the cloud

Partner with application teams to understand performance and capacity requirements of solutions and services

Create procedure documentation and develop SOPs and run books

Update existing documentation and identify and draft new documentation where appropriate

Stay up to date on best practices involving Linux based systems and recommend changes to keep systems and infrastructure secure and robust

What would make us excited about you?

Information Systems, Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Intimate and extensive knowledge of Linux Administration and Engineering

4+ years of hands-on IT systems or relevant experience in a commercial production environment

4+ years of experience in Linux Administration

4+ years of experience troubleshooting skills in a multi-user high availability environment.

Working knowledge of RedHat Satellite

Experience with Veritas Infoscale preferred.

Experience with compliance and patch management tools like Tanium & Qualys

Familiar with DevOps toolchain, i.e. BitBucket, JIRA, Jenkins Pipeline

Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work alternative coverage schedules.

Strong initiative and passionate about learning new technologies.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

AWS configuration, deployment and support experience

Exposure to distributed systems networking concepts & protocols

Experience with monitoring tools

Fundamental Understanding of Networking & Security