Linux Operating System Engineer

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 servers across on-premises and AWS environments.
• Handle server provisioning, configuration, patching, upgrades, and ongoing lifecycle management.
• Maintain system performance, capacity, and availability, and take proactive steps to support Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Investigate and resolve complex issues related to Linux OS, applications, storage, and networking.
• Support Linux hardening, access management, security patching, vulnerability remediation, and compliance activities.
• Manage AWS Linux workloads, including EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling components.
• Develop and maintain automation using Bash, Python, Perl, or Ansible to improve operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, application, database, network, and security teams to support business services.
• Affiliate with backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability processes.
• Use ITIL-based processes and ServiceNow for incidents, changes, problems, requests, and related service management activities.
• Create and update technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge base content.
• Participate in on-call support and major incident response as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Linux system administration experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, especially RHEL 8.
• Experience supporting enterprise Linux environments at scale.
• Practical AWS experience supporting Linux workloads in cloud environments.
• Working knowledge of EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.
• Automation and scripting experience with Bash, Python, Perl, or Ansible.
• Solid troubleshooting skills across Linux kernel, systemd, LVM, file systems, networking, DNS, SSH, and NFS.
• Understanding of ITIL practices and service management workflows.
• Experience using ServiceNow for incident, change, problem, and request management.
• Ability to analyze logs, identify root causes, and resolve performance or availability issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Skills

• Experience working in both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation practices.
• Experience supporting backup, recovery, disaster recovery, or high-availability solutions.
• Experience creating clear technical documentation and knowledge base articles.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation practices.
• Experience supporting backup, recovery, disaster recovery, or high-availability solutions.
• Experience creating clear technical documentation and knowledge base articles.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

Benefits

Horizontal Talent offers competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.