IT Engineer - Linux and Ansible Automation

About the role

Perform full IT system lifecycle administration for both physical data center and cloud-based Linux systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure uptime of critical business systems and infrastructure through monitoring and timely remediation of critical infrastructure issues.
• Measure, optimize, and tune system performance to ensure reliability and high availability 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.
• Support incident management resolution and root cause analysis.
• Aid in defining and designing system specifications and procedures.
• Ensure adherence to all regulatory compliance processes and requirements.
• Partner with GRC teams to deploy secure and compliant systems and services on-prem and in the cloud.
• Collaborate 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work alternative coverage schedules.
• Strong initiative and passion for learning new technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• EXTRA PREFERENCE: AWS configuration, deployment and support experience.
• Experience with monitoring tools.
• Fundamental understanding of Networking & Security.