Hybrid Senior Linux Engineer

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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

Job title

Senior Linux Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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