IT Security Specialist

Linux Automation Engineer - Hybrid

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Linux Automation Engineer - Hybrid for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC, Plano, TX, and Pennington, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated solutions that manage the end-to-end software update lifecycle across Linux platforms. The ideal candidate will focus on software packaging, certification, testing, and deployment in development, test, and production environments, with a strong emphasis on stability, compliance, and risk reduction. This position has a hybrid schedule requirement of a minimum of three days per week onsite.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement automation frameworks to manage Linux software updates and patching at scale
• Automate OS and application package deployment, upgrades, and rollbacks
• Develop reusable libraries, modules, and workflows using Ansible, Shell, Python, or similar tools
• Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery
• Implement automated pre-deployment certification checks (dependency validation, security baseline checks, version compatibility)
• Build and maintain automated test suites (functional, regression, and smoke tests) for patches and software releases
• Support phased rollouts with validation checkpoints
• Automate zero or low downtime deployment strategies
• Implement canary and rollback mechanisms
• Coordinate with release management, SRE, and platform teams to align deployments with change windows
• Improve platform resilience, observability, and error handling within automated workflows
• Troubleshoot automation failures and production deployment issues
• Ensure updates comply with security policies, audit requirements, and regulatory standards
• Integrate vulnerability scanning and remediation into the automation pipeline
• Maintain accurate documentation and operational runbooks

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Linux engineering experience
• 3+ years of hands-on automation and deployment experience in large-scale environments
• Strong experience with Linux system administration (RHEL)
• Hands-on experience with automation tools (Ansible strongly preferred)
• Proficiency in scripting/programming (Bash, Python, or similar)
• Experience automating software patching, upgrades, and deployments
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar)
• Understanding of package management (RPM, YUM/DNF, APT)
• Solid knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work across multiple teams (platform, security, application, operations)
• Excellent documentation and communication abilities
• Comfortable working in regulated, enterprise environments

Desired Skills:

• Exposure to container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible Tower)
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools

Pay range: $78.04 - $86.04 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!