Linux Infrastructure Engineer

Integrated Resources, Inc

Richmond, VA

$69.28 Per Hour
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11 days ago

Job Description

Pay Rate - $69.28 per hour on W2
Job Title: Linux Infrastructure Engineer

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering
At least five years of hands-on enterprise Linux administration experience
Demonstrated experience with provisioning, configuration, maintenance, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and production support.
Hands-on Ansible experience and proficiency with Bash, Python, or another relevant scripting language.
Strong understanding of Linux networking, DNS, storage, filesystems, authentication, access controls, and package management.
Experience working within formal incident, problem, change, and service-management processes; strong analytical, documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, participate in scheduled maintenance windows, and support an on-call rotation.
What soft skill requirements do you have (team fit and personality requirements)?
Strong communication skills both verbal and written
Ability to lead, collaborate, or work effectively in a variety of teams, including multi-disciplinary teams

Preferred Qualifications

RedHat Enterprise Linux, Ansible Automation Platform or Tower; Terraform; VMware; Azure, AWS, or GCP; Git and CI/CD; ServiceNow or Jira; SolarWinds, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch; Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS, or EKS; Security+, cloud, or Kubernetes certifications; and experience supporting highly available, business-critical, or regulated infrastructure.

High Level Project Overview:
Position Summary

Provide hands-on administration and operational support for enterprise Red Hat Linux environments, with accountability for system reliability, availability, security, performance, and compliance. The contractor will support server provisioning, configuration, patching, vulnerability remediation, upgrades, troubleshooting, automation, and infrastructure lifecycle activities across production and non-production environments.
The role requires experience as an Enterprise Linux Administrator, Ansible automation, enterprise patching, incident response, scripting, and production operations. The engineer will collaborate with application, database, network, cybersecurity, cloud, monitoring, and other infrastructure teams to support critical business systems and resolve complex technical issues.

Core Responsibilities

Linux Administration and Lifecycle
Administer, provision, configure, maintain, upgrade, and decommission physical and virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.
Monitor health, capacity, availability, performance, and operational stability; troubleshoot storage, filesystems, services, processes, packages, networking, permissions, and access.
Support operating system modernization, technology refresh, and lifecycle activities while maintaining approved operational, security, and compliance configurations.
Patching, Vulnerability Management, and Compliance
Execute monthly patching, kernel and operating system updates, scheduled maintenance, and urgent out-of-cycle remediation using approved enterprise processes.
Validate server health, application connectivity, and stability after maintenance; resolve package, repository, dependency, kernel, boot, and configuration failures.
Remediate vulnerabilities and maintain procedures, records, evidence, and documentation supporting cybersecurity requirements and applicable SOX and NERC CIP controls.
Automation and Infrastructure as Code
Develop, test, maintain, and support Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, templates, and workflows for provisioning, patching, configuration, compliance, and maintenance.
Use Bash, Python, or similar scripting to reduce manual work and improve consistency; contribute to Infrastructure as Code using technologies such as Terraform.
Maintain automation in approved source control and apply appropriate Products, validation, error handling, and controlled execution.
Incident and Operational Support
Diagnose and resolve complex Linux incidents, service requests, and escalations, including high-priority production events and live troubleshooting calls.
Perform root cause analysis and recommend corrective and preventive actions for issues involving performance, connectivity, DNS, storage, authentication, services, packages, and application dependencies.
Create and maintain runbooks, troubleshooting guides, operational procedures, and technical documentation; participate in on-call support and planned maintenance.
Security, Cloud, and Platform Support
Apply Linux hardening standards and secure configuration practices; support access management, privileged-account controls, audits, evidence collection, and remediation activities.
Support Linux systems across on-premises, VMware, and cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure or AWS, including compute, storage, networking, DNS, and identity dependencies.
Provide operational support and cross-platform troubleshooting for containerized workloads and related infrastructure when required.
Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer
Coordinate effectively across Infrastructure Operations, Cybersecurity, Application Support, Database, Network, Monitoring, and Cloud Engineering.
Communicate technical issues, risks, status, and recommendations clearly; share knowledge, provide hands-on knowledge transfer, and participate in reviews, planning, change management, and continuous improvement.

Required Years of Experience:
5+ years of hands-on enterprise Linux administration experience

Education:
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Numbers & Facts

Location

Richmond, VA

Skills

Access Controlunmatched
Administrative Skillsunmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Ansibleunmatched
Authenticationunmatched
Automationunmatched
Bash Scriptingunmatched
Business Solutionsunmatched
Business Supportunmatched
Change Managementunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
CompTIA Security+unmatched
Computer Engineeringunmatched
Computer Scienceunmatched
Computer Securityunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Corrective Actionunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
DNS (Domain Name System)unmatched
Documentationunmatched
Error Handlingunmatched
File Systemsunmatched
Healthcare Softwareunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Incident Responseunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
Internet Securityunmatched
Kernel Programmingunmatched
Knowledge Transferunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Linux Administrationunmatched
Linux Networksunmatched
Linux Operating Systemunmatched
Maintenance Servicesunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
Multitaskingunmatched
Network Monitoringunmatched
On Callunmatched
Operating Systemsunmatched
Operational Supportunmatched
Operations Processesunmatched
Operations Security (OPSEC)unmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Product Testingunmatched
Production Supportunmatched
Production Systemsunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Record Keepingunmatched
Red Hat Linux Operating Systemunmatched
Root Cause Analysisunmatched
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)unmatched
Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
Server Supportunmatched
Software Administrationunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Software Patchesunmatched
Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM)unmatched
Support Documentationunmatched
Systems Maintenanceunmatched
Systems Reliabilityunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Technical Writingunmatched
Testingunmatched
VMWareunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched

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