Linux Systems Engineer

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Join our Infrastructure Systems Engineering team within the Fleet Operations Engineering organization where we design build and operate the large-scale Linux systems that power experiences relied upon across Apple every day. Our mission is to keep critical infrastructure healthy secure and scalable and we do it by investing in automation self-service tooling and engineering a Linux Systems Engineer you will deploy manage and maintain a large fleet of Linux systems partnering with engineering teams across the company to solve complex problems using both open-source and in-house tooling. Youll champion a culture of automation help teams take ownership of their services and play a meaningful role in security and business initiatives that have broad impact. If youre someone who loves deep systems work and wants room to grow youll find a meaningful home here.

Deploy configure and maintain large-scale Linux systems across production and non-production environmentsnDevelop and maintain automation and configuration management solutions using Puppet Ansible or similar toolingnWrite and maintain operational tooling in Python or Go to improve reliability and reduce manual interventionnDebug complex systems issues from the application layer down to the kernel and drive resolutionnContribute to CI/CD pipelines revision control workflows and configuration management practicesnPartner with engineering teams to promote self-service tooling and service democratization across the organizationnHelp enforce security best practices OS hardening and compliance standards across the fleet

Hands-on Linux systems administration experience with enterprise distributions such as RHEL Oracle Linux or CentOSnProficiency in Bash shell scripting for automation task management and system operationsnSolid understanding of Linux fundamentals: file systems process management user and group administration and package managementnWorking knowledge of networking concepts including TCP/IP DNS DHCP and basic firewall configurationnProficiency in Python or Go for scripting and toolingnExperience with version control systems such as GitnBachelors degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field

Experience managing Linux systems at scale in a production enterprise environmentnExperience with at least one configuration management or automation tool such as Puppet or AnsiblenFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practicesnExperience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker or KubernetesnKnowledge of OS security hardening encryption and regulatory compliance frameworksnExposure to monitoring and observability tooling for fleet health and incident responsenFamiliarity with AWS or GCP infrastructure is a plus