What are the responsibilities and job description for the Linux Engineer position at Ampcus, Inc?
Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.
Job Title: Linux Engineer
Location(s): Little Rock, AR
(Remote)
Job Summary
Administer, secure, automate, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux platforms, ensuring availability, performance, patch compliance, recoverability, and consistent configuration across on-premises and cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, configure, patch, upgrade, harden, and support Linux servers and associated platform services.
- Monitor system health, capacity, logs, storage, processes, networking, and performance; resolve incidents and recurring problems.
- Manage users, groups, sudo, SSH, packages, repositories, filesystems, services, and scheduled jobs.
- Implement vulnerability remediation, secure baselines, certificate updates, and audit evidence.
- Develop shell, Python, or Ansible automation for provisioning, configuration, validation, and reporting.
- Support backup, recovery, clustering, disaster recovery, and continuity testing.
- Collaborate with application, database, cloud, network, and security teams on releases and root-cause analysis.
- Maintain CMDB accuracy, runbooks, configuration standards, and change records.
Required Qualifications
- 1-3 years of experience administering enterprise Linux environments, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or comparable distributions.Strong command-line, shell scripting, systemd, package management, storage, networking, and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with patching, hardening, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, backup, and ITSM processes.
- Working knowledge of Ansible, Python, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
- Ability to support scheduled maintenance and on-call rotations as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Red Hat, Linux Foundation, CompTIA Linux , cloud, or automation certification.
- Experience with containers, Kubernetes, Satellite/repository management, clustering, and regulated environments.
Preferred Locations:
- Little Rock, AR, and New Orleans, LA (Remote candidates accepted)
Work Authorization:
- US Citizens or Green Card Holders Only
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.
Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.