Associate Linux Engineer, Technology II

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of relevant experience; OR Master’s Degree with no additional experience.
• Foundational experience or coursework with Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or other enterprise Linux distributions.
• Foundational theoretical and practical knowledge of Linux operating systems and standard administration practices, with interest in continuing to develop these skills.
• Exposure to routine Linux administration, including patching, software installs and updates, service management, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Basic understanding of enterprise infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, virtualization, cloud, authentication, access controls, and system dependencies.
• Ability to review logs, command output, monitoring data, and incident details to help identify issues and contribute to root-cause analysis under guidance.
• Familiarity with security and operational practices, including vulnerability remediation, certificate management, least-privilege access, backups, change control, and system hardening.
• Ability to create clear, accurate technical documentation and operational records with appropriate review.
• Effective communication, collaboration, organization, problem-solving, and teamwork skills; able to work constructively with senior engineers and cross-functional partners.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn and apply new technologies, tools, methods, and procedures as business and technology needs evolve; openness to sharing ideas and learning from feedback.
• Exposure to Ansible Tower/AWX or similar platforms, including playbook execution, troubleshooting, and basic development or maintenance.
• Familiarity with Bash, Python, JavaScript, .NET, Shell scripting, or similar technologies, with interest in developing automation skills.
• Exposure / Familiarity with Git or other source-control tools.
• Exposure to public or private cloud environments; AWS experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with enterprise monitoring, logging, vulnerability-management, or IT service-management tools.
• Exposure to regulated, validated, or GxP environments.
• Foundational knowledge of TLS/SSL certificates, public key infrastructure, DNS, LDAP, Active Directory, and related services.
• Relevant Linux, cloud, automation, or cybersecurity certification or interest in pursuing one.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with an approachable and collaborative working style.