Systems Engineer - Level II (Linux Engineer)

Linux Systems Administration & Troubleshooting

Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux servers deployed in AWS across a mixed distribution environment, including Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu 22.04 and later, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 .

Diagnose and resolve complex operating system, networking, storage, and performance issues across the server fleet.

Make performance-based recommendations for server configuration changes to optimize workloads, cost, and reliability.

Virtual Desktop Support

Support and maintain Linux-based virtual desktop environments running on VMware and AWS WorkSpaces .

Partner with end users and application teams to ensure a stable, secure, and productive virtual desktop experience.

Security Baselines & Hardening

Develop, deploy, and maintain Linux operating system baselines aligned with Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks .

Collaborate with application owners to customize security baselines as needed to enable application functionality without compromising the organization's security posture.

Configuration Management & Automation

Perform enterprise-wide configuration management using Ansible .

Author, maintain, and version-control Ansible playbooks used to define system baselines, configurations, and repeatable operational tasks.

Application Support & Collaboration

Work directly with application owners, developers, and analytics engineers to deploy, upgrade, migrate, and maintain applications running on Linux.

Serve as a trusted infrastructure partner during application lifecycle events, providing guidance on Linux best practices.

Monitoring & Uptime

Develop and maintain monitoring solutions for servers across the enterprise to ensure maximum system uptime and rapid incident detection.

Continuously improve alerting, dashboards, and observability to reduce downtime.

Patching & Vulnerability Remediation

Oversee regular and ad-hoc system patching efforts to ensure timely vulnerability remediation in accordance with organizational SLAs.

Monitor and enforce patching requirements using AWS Systems Manager .

Cloud Infrastructure & Infrastructure-as-Code

Deploy and manage infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog .

Contribute to and maintain reusable, standardized infrastructure templates that streamline provisioning and enforce compliance.