Linux Engineer and AWS Infra Admin

Educational Requirements Service Line Responsibilities

• Design, provision and maintain infrastructure on Amazon Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Administer and optimize AWS infrastructure components and services
• Diagnose, troubleshoot and resolve complex Linux system issues
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform
• Participate in an on-call rota and lead technical response during major incidents
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive infrastructure improvements and automation initiatives

Additional Responsibilities Communication Leadership

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness and ability to participate in an on-call rota
• Experience leading technical incident response and driving resolution
• Ability to work effectively with distributed, cross-functional teams

Desirable Skills

• Experience using Ansible for configuration management
• Strong Bash scripting skills
• Experience designing or contributing to automation frameworks
• Exposure to container platforms and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Certifications (optional)

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
• AWS Associate-level certification (Solutions Architect, Developer or SysOps Administrator)

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of professional Linux system administration experience
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on AWS infrastructure experience
• Proven experience working in fast-paced, incident-driven production environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Background

• Experience in financial services, SaaS or large-scale enterprise environments
• Demonstrated track record of infrastructure optimization and cost efficiency
• Experience mentoring colleagues and promoting knowledge sharing
• Strong interest in automation, reliability engineering and continuous improvement of infrastructure platforms

Technical and Professional Requirements

• Amazon Web Services Administration
• Linux Administration
• Extensive hands-on experience administering Linux across multiple distributions
• Deep experience with Amazon Linux, including advanced troubleshooting
• Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux in enterprise environments
• Proven ability to analyze, diagnose and resolve system-level issues
• Significant experience designing and operating workloads on AWS, including:
  • Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
  • Storage services (EBS, S3, EFS)
  • Networking (VPC, security groups, subnets)
  • Lambda and serverless solutions
  • Image build pipelines and optimization
  • EC2 lifecycle management and performance optimization
  • Practical experience building and provisioning cloud infrastructure at scale

Preferred Skills