Senior Linux Engineer

Senior Linux Engineer

Charlotte, North Carolina

Hybrid

Direct Hire

$130k - $142k

Senior Linux Cloud Storage Engineer / Architect Location: Charlotte, NC (Onsite 4 days/week) Employment Type: Full-Time / Permanent Travel: 30–50% across North and South America This position requires candidates to be eligible to work in the United States, directly for an employer, without sponsorship now or anytime in the future.

Our client is a global enterprise organization seeking a Senior Linux Cloud Storage Engineer / Architect to join their infrastructure team in Charlotte, NC. This full-time opportunity is ideal for a highly technical engineer with expertise in Red Hat Linux, Oracle Linux/OLVM, VMware, Azure hybrid cloud, enterprise storage, and HPE Synergy composable infrastructure. The role is focused on architecture, engineering, and platform modernization in a large-scale production environment currently supporting 600+ virtual machines with plans to scale significantly.

This is an opportunity to step into a high-impact technical leadership role where you will influence enterprise platform strategy across Linux, storage, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure. The organization is looking for a senior-level engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, modernizing enterprise environments, and mentoring other engineers. This role offers strong exposure to large-scale infrastructure growth, hybrid cloud initiatives, automation, and the opportunity to evolve into leadership or SME responsibilities.

Contract Duration: Permanent

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience
• Deep expertise in Red Hat Linux 8/9 and Oracle Linux / OLVM
• Experience with VMware, virtualization, and large-scale virtual environments
• Strong storage background including SAN, NAS, and software-defined storage
• Experience with Azure hybrid cloud environments
• Knowledge of HPE Synergy / composable infrastructure
• Hands-on automation experience with Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
• Strong architecture and design experience (engineering focused, not administration)

Desired Skills & Experience

• Enterprise cloud architecture experience
• Experience with backup and recovery platforms
• Leadership or mentorship experience
• Infrastructure modernization and platform strategy experience

Tech Breakdown

• 40% Red Hat Linux / Oracle Linux
• 20% Storage & Virtualization (SAN/NAS/VMware/OLVM)
• 20% Azure Hybrid Cloud / Automation
• 20% Windows / Infrastructure Architecture / HPE Synergy

Daily Responsibilities

• 70% Hands-On Engineering & Architecture
• 10% Management / Mentorship Duties
• 20% Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Specialization: Linux / Unix