Linux Automation Engineer
About The Position
We are looking for a Linux Automation Engineer with a strong DevOps mindset to help build, automate, and operate scalable, reliable infrastructure. This role focuses heavily on automation, infrastructure as code, CI/CD enablement, and close collaboration with development teams. The ideal candidate is comfortable managing Linux systems at scale using Ansible playbooks and Bash scripting while continuously improving deployment and operational workflows. This opportunity requires onsite presence twice a week out of any of these locations: Texas: Austin, Dallas, Plano New Jersey: Middletown, Bedminster Georgia: Lenox/Atlanta, Alpharetta Washington: Bothell, Redmond
Requirements
- 5 – 7 years working in Linux OS deployment/maintenance production environment
- 5 – 7 years of hands-on experience with Ansible playbooks from ground up that includes experience with modules, roles, handlers and notify, registers, facts, and use of tags
- Strong proficiency with Bash scripting skills for automation and operational tooling
- Solid understanding of networking, system performance, and troubleshooting
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Expertise in use of Git/Git repos and branch protection rules for version control.
- Experience supporting highly available or distributed systems
- Ability to articulate concepts, solutions, and standards to members of the project with various levels of skills sets through presentations and/or discussions.
Nice To Haves
- Python scripting skill is a nice to have
Responsibilities
- Perform Linux system administration tasks (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)
- Design, develop, and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventories for configuration management and automated deployments
- Write, maintain, and optimize Bash scripts for automation, monitoring, system maintenance, and CI/CD workflows
- Automate server provisioning, configuration management, and patching
- Monitor system health, performance, and availability; implement alerting and observability solutions
- Apply security best practices, system hardening, and automated patching
- Collaborate with development teams to support application deployments and improve release reliability
- Troubleshoot complex system and deployment issues across environments
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident response, with a focus on root-cause analysis and prevention
- Document infrastructure, automation workflows, and operational procedures
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
