Linux Engineer

*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*

*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*

A prestigious company is looking for a Linux Engineer. This engineer will focus on design, support, engineering, and automation for the Linux Operating system. This engineer will need hands on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, AWS, Docker, CICD, DevOps, etc.

Responsibilities/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.), or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• 8+ years' experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of cloud systems/virtualized Servers
• Hands-on experience with: Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, Github, and configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Relevant experience with configuration and implementation of IaaS, Infrastructure as code, AWS, Azure, etc.
• Extensive knowledge of Linux operating systems, Linux shells and standard utilities, and common Linux security tools at L3 level
• In depth system administration knowledge and skills for RedHat Linux.
• Kubernetes Experience - Strong knowledge in Kubernetes deployment frameworks/platforms including Helm, Docker, Rancher, OpenShift, EKS.
• Provide advanced system administration, operational support and problem resolution for a large complex Linux computing environment, including both virtualized and physical Servers.
• Create and Patch AMIs, perform pull requests, write Automation code using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, etc.
• Strong knowledge of secure cloud infrastructure design and components, such as: Servers, operating systems, networks, IAM, and storage.
• Cloud Certifications, specifically AWS Cloud certification would be preferred.
• Expert knowledge in core automation development toolchain including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, Harness.
• Mastery of CICD best practices in a large organization.
• (GitOps/DevOps, secure builds, secure code promotion, deployments (Harness/Argo), automated testing (app and infra), integration of policy frameworks, cost-optimization, SLSA best practices)
• Experience with architecting, implementing and maintaining highly available mission critical environments for 24/7 availability.