Job Profile Summary 

Design, engineer, and continuously improve scalable Linux fleet management, automation, configuration management, patching, and lifecycle capabilities. Serve as a technical leader and escalation point for complex infrastructure issues while driving automation, reliability, standardization, and operational maturity across the managed fleet. 

Career Level Summary 

• Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge of infrastructure engineering and related disciplines. 

• Solves complex and cross-platform technical problems with minimal guidance. 

• Leads technical projects or significant workstreams and is accountable for technical outcomes. 

• Designs and implements scalable infrastructure automation, configuration management, and fleet-management solutions. 

• Defines and improves engineering standards and operational practices. 

• Serves as a senior technical resource and escalation point for less-experienced engineers. 

• Mentors Engineers I and II and contributes to long-term fleet strategy and modernization. 

Critical Competencies 

• Excellence: Demonstrates accountability, discipline, and consistent execution while maintaining reliable and supportable infrastructure. 

• Customer-driven: Understands the needs of technology teams and delivers infrastructure services that support reliable business operations. 

• Expertise: Builds and applies technical knowledge in Linux systems, fleet management, automation, and configuration management. 

• Agility: Adapts to changing infrastructure requirements, technologies, and operational priorities. 

• Compassion: Collaborates effectively, shares knowledge, and contributes to a positive and supportive engineering environment. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Design scalable Linux fleet management, automated patching, and configuration-management solutions. 

• Define and improve automated patching architectures, workflows, and operational controls. 

• Design Puppet, Ansible, Jenkins, or equivalent automation patterns and reusable engineering frameworks. 

• Develop advanced Python, Bash, or comparable automation for complex infrastructure use cases. 

• Establish configuration-as-code, source-control, testing, and deployment practices for infrastructure automation. 

• Define technical standards for Linux fleet configuration, patching, lifecycle management, and operational readiness. 

• Lead complex end-of-life, modernization, and technical-debt remediation initiatives. 

• Diagnose complex, systemic, and cross-platform infrastructure failures and drive root-cause remediation. 

• Analyze fleet-wide operational metrics to identify systemic reliability and efficiency improvements. 

• Lead technical projects from design through implementation and operationalization. 

• Evaluate infrastructure automation and configuration-management technologies and recommend adoption approaches. 

• Partner with architecture, cloud, application, security, and infrastructure teams on complex technical initiatives. 

• Mentor engineers and serve as a senior escalation point for production infrastructure issues. 

Knowledge 

• Linux system administration and operating system concepts. 

• Linux package management, patching, and operating system lifecycle management. 

• Infrastructure automation and configuration management principles. 

• Desired-state configuration, configuration drift, standardized deployment, and configuration-as-code practices. 

• Server infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud computing concepts. 

• Infrastructure vulnerability remediation and system hardening concepts. 

• Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, and connectivity troubleshooting. 

• Deep knowledge of monitoring, availability, capacity, backup, recovery, and resiliency practices. 

• Infrastructure architecture and engineering standards. 

• Operational risk, lifecycle strategy, and technical-debt management. 

• Advanced source-control, testing, and software engineering practices for infrastructure automation. 

Skills 

• Advanced Linux Systems Administration 

• Operating System Patching 

• Infrastructure Automation 

• Configuration Management 

• Deep knowledge of Ansible 

• Bash / Shell Scripting 

• Configuration-as-Code 

• Git / Source Control 

• Infrastructure Architecture 

• Cloud Computing 

• Virtualization 

• Network/Systems Skills 

• Vulnerability Remediation 

• Infrastructure Monitoring 

• Operational Metrics 

• Project Management 

• Technical Leadership 

• Mentoring 

• Process Improvement 

• Knowledge of Linux Fleet Management, Python, Jenkins, Puppet are added advantage. 

Education 

• High School Diploma or regional equivalent required. 

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline preferred; relevant professional experience may substitute at the manager's discretion. 

Certifications 

Relevant industry certifications preferred. Examples include Linux, Red Hat, Ansible/Red Hat Automation, cloud, or infrastructure-related certifications. Equivalent technical experience may substitute for certifications. 

Experience 

3-6 years of relevant experience in Linux systems administration, infrastructure engineering, fleet management, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or a related technical role.