Data Center / Cloud & Automation SME (Systems Engineer – L3 Infrastructure Support)

Location: Culver City, California (LOCAL CANDIDATES - F2F)
Work Model: 100% Onsite from Day 1
Duration: 12+ Months

Important Requirements

• 100% ONSITE from Day 1
• Local candidates preferred
• Immediate support / urgent hiring
• Senior infrastructure engineering / L3 support role

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Data Center / Cloud & Automation SME to provide L3 infrastructure engineering and operational support across enterprise data center and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on expertise in Linux administration, AWS cloud engineering, Terraform, Ansible automation, infrastructure operations, incident management, and enterprise platform reliability.

This role is focused on systems engineering, infrastructure automation, cloud provisioning, operational excellence, platform stability, and cross-functional infrastructure support.

Key Responsibilities

Linux Infrastructure Administration

Manage enterprise Linux infrastructure including:

• RHEL
• Amazon Linux
• Ubuntu

Responsibilities:

• Server installation and provisioning
• Patching and lifecycle management
• User administration
• Performance monitoring
• Troubleshooting and issue remediation
• Shell scripting automation
• System hardening

AWS Cloud Engineering

Design, provision, and maintain AWS infrastructure including:

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

Responsibilities:

• Secure cloud architecture
• Availability engineering
• Cost optimization
• Infrastructure scalability
• Cloud troubleshooting
• AWS operational governance

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions using:

• Terraform modules
• Variables
• State management
• Reusable infrastructure templates

Responsibilities:

• AWS provisioning automation
• Standardized infrastructure deployments
• Multi-environment cloud consistency
• IaC governance

Configuration Management & Automation

Develop automation solutions using:

• Ansible
• Playbooks
• Roles
• OS automation
• Deployment orchestration

Responsibilities:

• Patch automation
• Configuration management
• Repetitive task automation
• Operational efficiency improvement

Version Control & DevOps Practices

Manage infrastructure code using:

• GitHub
• Git workflows
• Version control best practices

Preferred CI/CD exposure:

• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI

Monitoring, Incident Response & Troubleshooting

• Monitor systems, cloud resources, and infrastructure health.
• Handle:
  • Incident management
  • Root cause analysis
  • Service restoration
  • Preventive action planning
• Troubleshoot:
  • Linux platform issues
  • AWS infrastructure problems
  • Automation failures
  • Performance bottlenecks

Security & Compliance

Enforce security best practices including:

• Access controls
• IAM governance
• Encryption
• Patch management
• Secure OS configuration
• Compliance adherence

Cross-Functional Infrastructure Support

Collaborate with:

• Application teams
• Network teams
• Security teams
• Infrastructure operations
• Platform engineering teams

Responsibilities:

• Deployment support
• Change implementation
• Platform stability improvements

Documentation & Operational Governance

Create and maintain:

• SOPs
• Runbooks
• Infrastructure documentation
• Knowledge transfer materials
• Operational standards

Required Skills (Primary)

• Linux Administration
• AWS Cloud
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Automation Engineering
• Bash Scripting
• Infrastructure Monitoring
• Incident Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Git / GitHub
• Security Hardening
• Infrastructure Operations

Secondary / Preferred Skills

• Windows Administration
• Citrix
  • StoreFront
  • Delivery Controllers
  • NetScaler
  • XenApp
  • PAM
• Nutanix
• VMware
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Python
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• ELK Stack
• CloudTrail
• AWX / Ansible Tower
• RDS
• Lambda
• DynamoDB
• Route53
• EKS

Experience

10+ years of total infrastructure / cloud engineering experience, including:

• Enterprise Linux administration
• AWS infrastructure support
• Infrastructure automation
• L3 production support
• Cloud operations engineering