Associate Linux Engineer, Technology II

Cyber Security Jobs; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an early-career engineer to join its Information Research team. You’ll work with scientists and tech professionals to deliver practical Linux solutions and contribute to digital transformation in drug discovery.

In a collaborative environment, you’ll support Linux engineering across enterprise environments, perform patching, manage certificates, and help automate with Ansible. Training and growth opportunities are provided within a diverse, innovative team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of relevant experience or Master’s Degree with no additional experience.
• Experience with Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or similar.
• Knowledge of Linux administration, patching, updates, and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with security practices, vulnerability remediation, and access controls.
• Ability to document technical work clearly and collaborate with teams.
• Interest in automation and learning new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support Linux engineering activities in enterprise environments.
• Assist with OS patching, software installs and updates, certificate management.
• Learn and apply Linux, automation, and enterprise standards.
• Use Ansible and configuration-management tools to support standardized configurations.
• Troubleshoot Linux systems and document findings.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and runbooks.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity and other partners to improve Linux reliability and security.
• Follow standards for data integrity, security, and SDLC.

Skills

Linux admin

Ansible/AWX

Bash scripting

Git

Cloud familiarity

Security practices

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

AWS

Git

Job description

ICompany Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology, and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Information Research at AbbVie partners with pharmaceutical R&D scientists to deliver technical solutions for complex scientific needs. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside scientists and technology professionals, solve everyday challenges, and help advance the digital transformation of drug discovery teams.

We are seeking a collaborative, curious early-career engineer who enjoys learning and applying practical technology to meaningful business problems. Working collaboratively with senior engineers, you will support scientific and Linux technology teams across the business-system life cycle-from identifying needs and defining requirements through implementation, testing, operational support, and change-while contributing ideas and developing within a diverse, energetic, and innovative Linux team.

Responsibilities

• Support Linux engineering activities in enterprise environments, including operations, maintenance, health checks, monitoring, configuration, access and file-system management, and issue resolution, with guidance from senior engineers.
• Assist with operating-system patching, software installs and updates, certificate management, and configuration changes under approved procedures, change controls, maintenance schedules, security requirements, and senior guidance.
• Learn and apply Linux, infrastructure services, automation, and enterprise standards to support secure, reliable, reproducible, and timely outcomes.
• Use Ansible and configuration-management tools to support standardized configurations, repeatable automation, and the maintenance of scripts and workflows; contribute ideas for automation and AI-enabled automation.
• Assist with troubleshooting Linux systems, applications, infrastructure services, and automation workflows using logs, system behavior, performance indicators, and operational results; document findings and elevate significant or recurring issues.
• Contribute to the testing, documentation, implementation, and verification of infrastructure changes and deployments across on-premises, virtualized, and cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain clear technical documentation with guidance, including procedures, runbooks, configuration, and automation records, troubleshooting guides, and support hand-off materials.
• Work closely with senior engineers and infrastructure, cybersecurity, application, platform, and service partners to coordinate maintenance, resolve issues, support projects, and learn practices that improve Linux reliability and security.
• Learn and follow corporate and divisional standards, policies, and procedures for conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data integrity, cybersecurity, access and change control, incident management, and the software development lifecycle.

Qualifications

Required

• 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.

Preferred

• 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.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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