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
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