Linux Engineer

Humankind Recruitment; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & health benefits

RRSP matching

Job summary

Humankind Recruitment seeks a Linux Engineer-Tier 3 to support, secure, and improve a global Linux infrastructure from Halifax. Hybrid work with 2 days in the office. You will administer Linux servers, develop automation, and handle incident resolution to ensure reliability and security.

Join a dynamic IT services environment partnering with global organizations. A strong focus on automation, security, and collaboration with cross-functional teams is required.

Qualifications

• Significant experience administering enterprise Linux environments (Ubuntu and Red Hat-based).
• Strong troubleshooting across OS, networking, storage, filesystems, and authentication.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and Python.
• Experience with Ansible or similar CM tools.
• Security, patching, vulnerability management, and system hardening knowledge.
• Experience with monitoring and ITSM processes.
• Terraform, IaC, Kubernetes or container technologies.
• Familiarity with VMware or Proxmox, enterprise storage, and LDAP/AD/Kerberos.
• Ability to independently resolve complex technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Administer, provision, patch, upgrade, and maintain Linux servers.
• Provide Tier 3 escalation support and RCA.
• Implement Linux security hardening and vulnerability remediation.
• Develop automation with Bash, Python, Ansible.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity.
• Support changes, backups, DR testing, and documentation.
• Collaborate across infrastructure teams.

Skills

Linux administration

Troubleshooting

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Security hardening

Monitoring

Automation

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

VMware/Proxmox

LDAP/Active Directory Kerberos

Job description

Linux Engineer

Halifax (Hybrid-2 days in office)

Our client a dynamic Information Technology services company that partners with leading global organizations to deliver innovative, high-quality IT solutions is looking for Linux Engineer-Tier 3 to support, secure, and continually improve their global Linux infrastructure.

You will provide advanced technical support, resolve complex infrastructure issues, and contribute to the reliability, performance, security, and automation of enterprise Linux platforms.

Responsibilities

• Administer, provision, patch, upgrade, and maintain enterprise Linux servers, including Ubuntu and CentOS/RHEL.
• Provide Tier 3 escalation support, troubleshoot complex incidents, and perform root-cause analysis to prevent recurring issues.
• Implement Linux security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and configuration compliance.
• Develop and maintain automation using Bash, Python, and Ansible to improve operational efficiency.
• Monitor system health, performance, capacity, storage, networking, and authentication services.
• Support infrastructure changes, projects, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery testing.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and recovery runbooks.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, storage, security, monitoring, and service management teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, standardization, automation, and operational practices.

Qualifications

• Significant experience administering enterprise Linux environments, particularly Ubuntu and/or Red Hat-based distributions.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, networking, storage, filesystems, and authentication.
• Solid knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, LVM, NFS, Linux services, and system performance.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and experience with Python or similar scripting languages.
• Experience with Ansible or equivalent configuration management tools.
• Strong understanding of Linux security, patching, vulnerability management, and system hardening.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring and IT Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes.
• Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, or container technologies.
• Familiarity with VMware or Proxmox, enterprise storage, and Active Directory/LDAP/Kerberos integration.
• Ability to independently resolve complex technical issues and work effectively with technical specialists.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing team. The company offers a competitive compensation package, medical & health benefits and RRSP matching.