Linux Engineer

Must haves:

• Configure/Install/Admin - Debian based (Ubuntu) systems and RHEL
• Heavy Linux
• KVM Hypervisor virtualization
• PowerShell/Bash scripting

Description:

• We are seeking a highly skilled Linux Engineerto join our team and support the design deployment integration and ongoing management of Linux-based infrastructure and containerized platforms. This role requires strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes Docker and modern container technologies along with a solid foundation in Linux systems administration troubleshooting and operational best practices.
• The ideal candidate will also bring experience with Linux networking system configuration coupled with DevOPS experience and will demonstrate strong documentation integration and cross-functional collaboration skills
• The Linux Engineer is responsible for acting as Linux engineering subject matter expert on projects and business support requests of all sizes from initiation through successful completion. You should be able to provide multiple solutions and be able to perform the engineering and drive the development required to implement any selected alignment with Store Systems Management problem resolution and collaboration with key stakeholders to ensure project goals are addition the Linux Engineer provides Store Systems Management with regular status updates continuous process improvement and completion of customer satisfaction initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Design deploy configure and support Linux-based systems and environments.
• Build manage and troubleshoot containerized applicationsusing Dockerand Kubernetes.
• Maintain and optimize Kubernetes clusters including deployment scaling monitoring and performance tuning.
• Support system integration efforts across infrastructure applications and platform services.
• Configure and manage Linux networking including routing firewall rules and related security controls.
• Administer and troubleshoot IPTablesand other Linux firewall technologies.
• Partner with engineering infrastructure and application teams to ensure reliable and secure platform operations.
• Create and maintain clear accurate technical documentation standard operating procedures and system diagrams.
• Participate in incident response root cause analysis and continuous improvement efforts.
• Ensure systems follow operational security and compliance standards.

Required Skills:

• Bash/Python scripting - at least intermediate
• Configure/Install/Admin - Debian based (Ubuntu) systems and RHEL
• Hardware management - firmware OOB (iLO) storage configuration (LVM)
• KVM Hypervisor virtualization
• Docker (EE & CE) create containers docker-compose (Kubernetes docker swarm is a plus)
• Linux Benchmarking Performance Testing
• SystemD and Linux services (NTP DNS Squid NFS iptables)
• Linux middleware services Apache MySQL
• Filesystem setup and management
• System Security i.e. MSB security scanning tools (e.g. Qualys) firewall PKI
• Working Knowledge of k3S (Kubernetes) clusters deployed in rancher/fleet environments at the edge and in cloud
• Strong technical documentation skills

Preferred Skills:

• CI/CD - Jenkins pipeline GIT
• Ansible
• Experience with monitoring logging and observability tools is a plus.
• Server Capacity Planning
• Experience implementing HA environments
• Experience with other Hypervisor hardware/software (Nutanix Vmware Esxi)
• Experience in Hybrid Cloud Platforms i.e OpenShift OpenStack

Experience:

• 7 Years Linux configuration/Engineering and scripting