Hybrid Senior Linux Engineer

at Truist

• Job title: Senior Linux Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, Docker, Firewalls, Kubernetes, Linux, OpenShift, Perl, Python, VMware
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Atlanta, United States

About the role

• Senior Linux Engineer managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems at Truist. Responsible for automation, virtualization, and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Perform lifecycle management for RHEL systems, including patching, upgrades, and migrations.
• Automate system administration tasks using Ansible and scripting languages.
• Troubleshoot complex issues related to virtualization, storage, and networking.
• Administer VMware and Nutanix infrastructures, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Collaborate on code reviews and maintain version control using Git-based platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to standards, runbooks, and architecture patterns.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and eight years of experience in development or production support or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Deep specialized and/or broad functional knowledge.
• Sound understanding of business and organizational strategies and processes.
• Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices.
• Ability to lead complex projects.
• Sophisticated analytical skills and the ability to solve complex technical and business problems.
• Ability to influence others at senior levels to adopt a new perspective.
• 8+ years of experience administering Linux in enterprise environments.
• Deep knowledge of RHEL 8, 9, and 10, including in-place upgrades and kernel management.
• Strong understanding of Linux networking (interfaces, VLANs, routing, firewalls) and storage fundamentals (LVM, multipath, filesystems).
• Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, and vRealize.
• Proficiency in Bash and at least one of Python or Perl.
• Advanced Ansible automation skills for configuration management and deployments.
• Familiarity with GitHub/GitLab and code review processes.
• Experience designing zero-downtime migration strategies and phased rollouts.
• Knowledge of SELinux, systemd, and performance tuning.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code patterns and compliance frameworks (CIS).
• Familiarity with containerization (Podman/Docker) and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Certifications such as RHCSA/RHCE, VMware VCP, Nutanix NCP, or Commvault Professional.
• Working knowledge of Nutanix AHV, Nutanix Move, and Commvault tools.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• disability
• accidental death and dismemberment
• tax-preferred savings accounts
• 401k plan
• no less than 10 days of vacation
• 10 sick days
• paid holidays