Data Center / Cloud & Automation SME - Infrstructure

Job Title

Data Center / Cloud & Automation SME - AWS / Linux / Terraform / Ansible

Experience: 10+ Years

Location: Culver City, CA

Work Mode: 100% Onsite from Day 1

Role Level: Systems Engineer - L3 Infrastructure Support

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Center / Cloud & Automation SME to provide L3 infrastructure support across Linux systems, AWS cloud infrastructure, and automation platforms.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in Linux Administration, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, and infrastructure automation, with additional experience in Windows, Citrix, VMware, and Nutanix environments.

Primary Skills

• Linux Administration
• AWS Cloud
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Infrastructure Automation
• Bash/Shell Scripting
• Git/GitHub

Secondary Skills

• Windows Administration
• Citrix Administration
• VMware
• Nutanix

Key Responsibilities

• Provide L3 infrastructure support for Linux servers and enterprise infrastructure.
• Install, configure, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot RHEL, Amazon Linux, and Ubuntu servers.
• Manage Linux users, permissions, services, processes, storage, and system performance.
• Provision, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure.
• Manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, Subnets, IAM, S3, Certificate Manager, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, and CloudWatch.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Create and maintain reusable Terraform modules, variables, configurations, and state files.
• Automate OS configuration, application deployment, patching, and operational tasks using Ansible.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Manage infrastructure code using Git/GitHub.
• Monitor servers and cloud infrastructure and respond to incidents.
• Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and preventive actions.
• Implement security, access-control, encryption, patching, and compliance best practices.
• Collaborate with application, network, security, and other infrastructure teams.
• Support application deployments, infrastructure changes, and production releases.
• Maintain SOPs, runbooks, architecture documentation, and operational procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Required Technical Skills

Linux Administration

• Strong hands-on experience with RHEL, Amazon Linux, and/or Ubuntu.
• Server installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades.
• User and permission management.
• System troubleshooting and performance monitoring.
• Bash/shell scripting.

AWS Cloud

Hands-on experience with:

• EC2
• VPC
• Subnets
• IAM
• S3
• Certificate Manager
• Load Balancers
• Auto Scaling
• CloudWatch

Understanding of AWS security, availability, scalability, and cost optimization.

Terraform

• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining Terraform configurations.
• Experience creating Terraform modules and variables.
• Understanding of Terraform state management.
• Experience provisioning and maintaining AWS infrastructure through IaC.
• Ability to develop reusable and standardized infrastructure components.

Ansible

• Strong hands-on experience with Ansible.
• Ability to develop and maintain playbooks and roles.
• Experience automating OS configuration, patching, deployment, and operational tasks.
• Ansible Tower/AWX experience is a plus.

Version Control

• Working knowledge of Git/GitHub.
• Experience managing infrastructure code and collaborating through source control.

Networking

• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Understanding of VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, load balancing, DNS, and connectivity.

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Experience with infrastructure and cloud monitoring.
• Incident management and production troubleshooting.
• Root cause analysis and preventive action implementation.

Security

• Understanding of:
  • Access control
  • IAM
  • Encryption
  • Patch management
  • Secure configuration
  • Vulnerability management
  • Compliance requirements

Good-to-Have Skills

• Windows Server Administration
• Citrix:
  • StoreFront
  • Delivery Controllers
  • NetScaler
  • PAM
  • XenApp
• VMware
• Nutanix
• Jenkins / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI
• Docker / Kubernetes
• AWS RDS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Route 53, EKS
• Prometheus / Grafana / ELK / CloudTrail
• Ansible Tower / AWX
• Advanced Terraform
• Multi-account AWS environments
• Terraform workspaces and complex module design
• Python scripting
• ITIL / ITSM
• ServiceNow
• Technical documentation and knowledge sharing

Required Experience

• 10+ years of overall infrastructure / systems engineering experience.
• Strong experience in L3 infrastructure support.
• Strong hands-on experience with Linux Administration.
• Strong AWS infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on Terraform and Ansible automation experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise production environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams.