Linux Engineer

Linux Engineer
White Plains
Direct Hire
$130,000-$150,000


What You'll Do

• Manage and maintain a large fleet of Linux servers ensuring high availability under heavy concurrent load
• Tune system performance at the OS level to prevent bottlenecks and keep the environment stable
• Configure and maintain web proxy and load balancing infrastructure to handle peak traffic
• Manage the handoff between remote access gateways and backend server environments
• Troubleshoot application issues at the system level, identifying bottlenecks and resolving instability
• Manage and troubleshoot data ingestion pipelines from multiple external systems
• Maintain data replication between Linux environments and downstream database systems
• Monitor ETL pipeline health and ensure data lands accurately and on time
• Manage transactional messaging infrastructure and enterprise print services
• Apply and maintain security hardening standards across the server fleet
• Contribute to the transition from manual administration toward automated configuration management
• Maintain telemetry baselines and monitor system health proactively to catch issues before users feel them
• Provide developers with production-level observability data to help optimize code before it hits the fleet
• Collaborate with project managers and developers during deployments, updates, and hotfixes

Required Skills :

• 5+ years of Linux systems engineering experience in production environments
• Deep hands-on experience with Ubuntu or RHEL
• Experience tuning Linux system performance at scale
• Proficiency configuring Nginx as a reverse proxy and load balancer
• Familiarity with .NET Core applications and diagnosing issues at the OS level
• Experience managing ETL pipelines and data replication to SQL Server
• Scripting proficiency in Bash and Python; PowerShell a plus
• Working knowledge of Linux security hardening practices
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools
• Postfix and/or CUPS experience a plus

Bonus/Soft Skills :

• Ansible

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