Senior Linux Administrator II

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Job Description:

The Senior Linux Administrator II is responsible for the design architecture implementation and day-to-day management of a global Linux infrastructure with a strong emphasis on the Red Hat ecosystem automation and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments. This role plays a key part in driving standardization scalability and operational excellence across enterprise data centers worldwide.

As a senior technical contributor this individual must be a self-starter capable of working independently with minimal supervision while providing technical leadership mentoring and clear communication to peers internal customers and leadership teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design architecture and automation of a standardized global Linux infrastructure

• Provide deep technical expertise across the Red Hat ecosystem including Satellite Server Identity Management (IdM) and related tools

• Manage and support a large diverse global Linux environment including system availability capacity planning performance tuning and proactive monitoring

• Own the full lifecycle management of global engineering systems from hardware acquisition through operating system deployment and decommissioning

• Automate infrastructure deployment and configuration using Ansible Satellite Server (Foreman) and CFEngine

• Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools using Python Perl and shell scripting

• Drive an automation-first mindset identifying opportunities to improve efficiency reliability and scalability

• Troubleshoot complex system issues and proactively remediate weaknesses before they impact production

• Manage and maintain monitoring systems to ensure uptime reliability and adherence to SLA requirements

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide escalation-level operational support

• Create and maintain technical documentation operational procedures and implementation guides

• Collaborate effectively with a global team of highly skilled engineers in a fast-paced dynamic environment

Requirements/Qualifications:

• 7 years of hands-on Linux/Unix system administration experience in enterprise environments

• Strong experience in designing architecting and administering Linux platforms with a heavy focus on RHEL / AlmaLinux

• 3 years of experience with configuration management and automation tools (Ansible preferred; Puppet or Chef acceptable)

• 3 years of experience with centralized configuration and lifecycle management systems (Satellite Foreman Spacewalk)

• Proficiency in scripting and automation including Python Perl and Bash

• Experience managing infrastructure in large-scale data center environments

• Compute cluster experience is a plus (LSF Sun Grid Engine RTDA)

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or equivalent practical experience

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