Senior DevOps Administrator

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Administrator with strong Linux & cybersecurity expertise to design, manage, secure, & automate our Linux infrastructure. The ideal candidate has deep knowledge of Linux systems administration, cloud platforms, automation, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, & security best practices. This role is responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, compliance, & security across cloud environments.

Technical Skills

·         Subject Matter Expert in deploying & managing secure & scalable virtual machines on major cloud platforms, such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform & Microsoft Azure

·         Ability to perform advanced analysis of OS and application issues, crashes, security incidents & performance including authoring RCA documentation.

·         Experience in architecting & standardizing highly scalable distributed systems, using different open-source tools.

·         Expert level proficiency in managing Red Hat Linux.

·         Optimize cloud infrastructure for availability, scalability, performance, & cost

·         Provision & configure cloud assets using scripts, APIs, CLIs & management console.

·         Professional exposure to DevOps release & build management, automation experience with tools like Git, bash, Ansible, python and terraform.

·         Ability to recommend the best-in-class architecture solutions to successfully meet the strategic needs of the Customer.

·         System architecture experience over the configuration of Identity & Access Management, Networking, File Transfers, Security, Load Balancing & disaster recovery.

·         Experience in analyzing & applying security best practices to all enterprise related technologies.

·         Expertise in operating system configuration & security fundamentals and assist in risk and compliance standards adherence.

·         Experience in implementing Linux hardening following CIS Benchmarks or DISA STIGs.

·         Ability to perform vulnerability assessments & coordinate remediation activities.

·         Respond to security incidents & perform forensic analysis when required.

·         Support compliance initiatives; ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, CMMC, or FedRamp

·         Improve system reliability through proactive monitoring & automation.

·         Knowledgeable and experienced in leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve productivity

Leadership Skills

·         Excellent verbal & written communication.

·         Ability to influence highly skilled technical leaders and thinkers beyond direct reporting lines.

·         Strong sense of accountability, results-orientation, and customer focus.

·         Skilled at developing documenting & maintaining technical & process documentation.

·         Strong team, interpersonal, analytical, problem identification & resolution skills.

·         Professional curiosity & the ability to enable yourself in new technologies & tasks.

·         Self-motivated with strong time management skills

·         Able to work remotely without close supervision.

·         Be available for working outside of normal business hours, holidays, & some weekends when needed for maintenance or for on-call periods.

Desired Experience

·         10-12 Years of total professional experience in field of Information Technology

·         8+ years of managing Linux Systems & enterprise applications.

·         5+ years of scripting & coding

·         3+ years of actual enterprise level compute support

·         Certification with Operating System, Security, Network & Cloud technologies

·         University Degree relating to information systems, compute or equivalent professional experience