Job#: 3053047 Job Description: System Engineer Location: Jersey City, NJ/ Charlotte NC/ Plano TX (Hybrid)Duration: 12 months Role Overview
This position is for a Unix OS System Engineer responsible for designing, building, and testing an automated RHEL OS provisioning solution for internal cloud compute environments. The role focuses on enabling reliable, scalable on-premise platforms through automation, integration, and continuous testing. The engineer will work hands-on with cloud computing platforms, MS Windows Server, and Linux systems to deliver automated workflows and ensure system reliability.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and test automated RHEL OS provisioning solutions.
- Enable reliable and scalable on-premise platforms through automation and integration.
- Work with cloud computing platforms, MS Windows Server, and Linux systems.
- Deliver automated workflows and validate platform integrations.
- Ensure system reliability using modern automation and testing practices.
- Collaborate with platform, operations, SRE, and security teams.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in platform, systems, or infrastructure engineering, with a strong emphasis on automation and integration.
- Hands-on experience designing and delivering automated RHEL OS provisioning for on-premise or internal cloud compute environments.
- Strong Linux (RHEL) administration expertise, including OS installation, configuration, patching, services, networking, storage, security, and troubleshooting.
- Proficiency in shell scripting and Python for building automation tools and workflows.
- Experience with automation and configuration management platforms such as Ansible or an equivalent.
- Working knowledge of Windows Server to support cross-platform workflows.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and CI/CD pipelines.
- Hands-on experience integrating OS provisioning with internal cloud services like virtualization platforms, networking, and identity systems.
- A strong focus on continuous testing, reliability, and automated validation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform certifications.
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate.
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400).
- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent security fundamentals certification.
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