Senior Systems Engineer (Unix/Red Hat) Infrastructure & Automation

Senior Systems Engineer (Unix/Red Hat) Infrastructure & Automation
Rochester, NY
Long Term
Contract/Contract to hire

• Design, implement, and support on premise and cloud infrastructure, including high availability virtual environments and hybrid integrations.
• Administer and optimize Unix/Linux systems with strong emphasis on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Automate configuration, provisioning, and patching using Ansible.
• Implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions, including Grafana, for dashboards, alerting, and performance analytics.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, OS patching, firmware updates, and system hardening.
• Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, and follow up to ensure platform stability.
• Maintain interoperability across multi vendor environments and ensure compliance with institutional standards.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, solution designs, and operational procedures.
• Evaluate new tools and technologies to enhance infrastructure services.
• Participate in scheduled maintenance windows and provide 247 on call support on rotation.
• Mentor and guide team members as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Experience

• High School diploma and 10+ years of relevant experience required; Bachelor s degree preferred.
• Experience leading Systems Engineers preferred.
• Experience in higher education or healthcare environments preferred.
• Expertise with AWS, Azure, virtualization platforms, and clustered high availability systems required.
• Strong proficiency with RHEL, Unix/Linux administration, and shell scripting required.
• Hands on experience with Ansible and automation/orchestration tools required.
• Experience with Grafana and monitoring/observability platforms required.
• Knowledge of server hardware, SAN/NAS storage, and enterprise backup solutions required.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to provide on call support and perform after hours maintenance.
• Ability to travel to and from data center facilities.

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