Linux Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and support Linux infrastructure across bare metal, virtual, and cloud environments.
• Design and enforce Linux hardening standards, manage vulnerability response, and remediate security issues.
• Maintain critical Linux-hosted platforms such as GitLab, LibreNMS, Nagios, and Splunk components.
• Design and improve IT monitoring, alerting, and incident response for systems, storage, services, and SSL certificates.
• Prioritize and complete Linux-related tickets, maintenance, patching, and lifecycle activities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to IT team members, lab, and engineering users.
• Maintain documentation, SOPs, and knowledge-transfer materials; support license and contract renewals.
• Collaborate with development, security, infrastructure, lab, and operations teams to reduce operational risk.
• Evaluate and introduce new Linux technologies where appropriate.
• Document fixes to prevent recurrence of incidents.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on Linux systems engineering experience in production, enterprise, lab, or mission-critical environments.
• Strong knowledge of common Linux distributions and enterprise licensing.
• Experience administering, patching, securing, and troubleshooting Linux servers at scale, with vulnerability management and solid networking fundamentals.
• Strong scripting and automation skills, with experience in infrastructure-as-code, source control, and monitoring/alerting tools.
• Strong documentation and communication skills, with ability to work independently and manage multiple systems or projects simultaneously.

Preferred Skills

• Strong knowledge of a major Linux distribution and enterprise licensing and vendor coordination.
• Experience with configuration management, infrastructure-as-code, virtualization, and containerization.
• Experience with backup and recovery platforms, cloud platforms, and CI/CD or DevOps practices.
• Experience developing monitoring and reporting automation, supporting SSL certificate lifecycle, lab or research-oriented infrastructure, and disaster recovery planning.
• 7+ years of Linux systems engineering experience, including prior senior or lead-level responsibility.
• Strong technical judgment and ownership mindset, balancing day-to-day operational support with long-term improvements in reliability, security, and automation.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with ability to mentor peers, drive technical decisions across teams, and manage competing priorities.