Compute Linux Tech lead

Themesoft Inc.; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The job at Themesoft Inc. in Hartford, CT seeks an experienced Linux/Unix Engineer to serve as the L3 SME for large-scale environments. You will manage RHEL/Oracle Linux/CentOS/SUSE, perform deep troubleshooting, drive patching and incident resolution, and push for automation and IaC with Terraform.

Responsibilities include capacity planning, monitoring, and ensuring availability and compliance across complex compute infrastructures.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Linux/Unix infrastructure
• Experience administering RHEL/Oracle Linux/CentOS/SUSE
• Terraform/IaC familiarity and automation scripting

Responsibilities

• Serve as the highest level technical escalation point (L3 SME) for Linux/Unix infrastructure
• Manage and support large-scale Linux environments including RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS, SUSE
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of OS, kernel, filesystem, storage, networking, and performance issues
• Lead OS patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle management
• Ensure system availability, stability, scalability, and compliance
• Lead resolution of critical incidents and outages
• Implement proactive monitoring and self-healing mechanisms
• Drive toil reduction through automation and operational innovation
• Develop and maintain shell scripting and automation solutions
• Automate provisioning, patching, and compliance checks
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Job description

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

2.AWS

3. Terraform

Job Description/ Responsibilities

• Serve as the highest level technical escalation point (L3 SME) for Linux/Unix infrastructure.
• Manage and support large-scale Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Oracle Linux, CentOS, SUSE, and Unix environments.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting of OS, kernel, filesystem, storage, networking, and performance issues.
• Lead OS patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle management.
• Ensure system availability, stability, scalability, and operational compliance.
• Lead resolution of critical incidents and major outages.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.
• Review and approve changes related to compute infrastructure.
• Conduct capacity planning and resource optimization.
• Analyze system utilization, bottlenecks, and trends.
• Implement proactive monitoring and self-healing mechanisms.
• Drive toil reduction through automation and operational innovation.
• Develop and maintain shell scripting and automation solutions.
• Automate provisioning, patching, compliance checks, and operational tasks.
• Contribute to Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform.