Infrastructure Operations Engineer (remote work)

CloudLinux Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly culture

Paid vacation/leave

Private medical insurance stipend

Co-working and gym reimbursement

Education budget for training

Innovation reward program

Job summary

CloudLinux Inc. is a remote-first company seeking an Infrastructure Operations Engineer (Linux) to join the CloudLinux Infrastructure Team. The role focuses on access, compute resources, and service reliability across production infrastructure.

You will own incidents, perform standard production changes with safe rollback, and document recurring procedures while improving automation and onboarding processes. Strong English communication and remote collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Must-have: Hands-on troubleshooting Linux systems in production-like environments (RHEL-family preferred).
• Must-have: Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS and isolating OS/network/app failures.
• Must-have: Hands-on experience with at least one virtualization or cloud environment.
• Must-have: Ability to own incidents or tickets with evidence gathering and escalation when needed.
• Must-have: Experience executing standard changes safely with rollback and verification.
• Must-have: Read/adjust existing automation; create Bash/Python improvements; verify before production.
• Must-have: Clear spoken and written English for asynchronous remote work.

Responsibilities

• Handle onboarding, offboarding, and access-management requests per least-privilege and approvals.
• Own Linux and infrastructure requests from triage to resolution or escalation.
• Execute and verify host provisioning and production-server changes across bare metal and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot DNS and perform approved domain management changes.
• Execute firewall and OS changes with rollback and verification.
• Monitor infrastructure, respond to alerts, and manage incident recovery communication.

Skills

Linux troubleshooting

Networking (TCP/IP DNS HTTP TLS)

Virtualization/Cloud environments

Incident ownership

Production changes with rollback

Automation (Bash/Python)

English communication

Remote collaboration

Tools

KVM

OpenNebula

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Google Workspace administration

Job description

CloudLinux is a global remote-first company. We are driven by our principles: do the right thing, employees first, we are remote first, and we deliver high-volume, low-cost Linux infrastructure and security products that help companies to increase the efficiency of their operations. Every person on our team supports each other and does what we can to ensure we all are successful.

Check out our website for more information: cloudlinux.com

We are looking for an Infrastructure Operations Engineer (Linux) to join the CloudLinux Infrastructure Team. Our Operations (L1) team provides access, compute resources, and internal services, operates production infrastructure, and improves recurring operational work through documentation and automation.

This job is perfect for you if you:

• Can independently troubleshoot Linux systems and networked services
• Take ownership of tickets and incidents through verified resolution or a clear escalation
• Make standard production changes safely, with rollback and post-change verification
• Communicate clearly with requesters and remote teammates
• Look for practical ways to improve recurring work through documentation and automation

As part of the Infrastructure team, you will:

• Handle onboarding, offboarding, and access-management requests under established procedures: least privilege, the right approvals, and a check that the requested action actually works, not just the login
• Own common Linux and infrastructure requests and incidents from triage through verified resolution or escalation to a named owner
• Execute and verify standard host provisioning and production-server changes across bare metal, private cloud, and public cloud environments; elevate exceptions
• Troubleshoot DNS and perform approved DNS and domain-management changes under established procedures
• Execute approved firewall and operating-system changes with rollback and post-change verification
• Monitor infrastructure and respond to alerts and incidents. Judge recovery by whether people can do their work, not by a green status page, and send regular updates until recovery is confirmed. Tell alert noise from real damage, and fix the routing or ownership of an alert instead of silencing it
• Handle Jira requests according to agreed priorities and response times, keeping requesters informed
• Deploy standard services from approved specifications and runbooks; elevate design decisions
• Document recurring procedures for backup coverage and improve onboarding, offboarding, and access reviews through small automation changes

Must-have:

• Hands-on experience troubleshooting Linux systems in a real or production-like environment; RHEL-family systems are preferred
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and TLS, with the ability to isolate OS, network, and application failures
• Hands-on experience with at least one virtualization or cloud environment
• Ability to own an incident or ticket: gather evidence, prioritize by impact, communicate progress, verify recovery, and elevate with a clear hypothesis
• Experience executing standard production changes safely, including rollback and post-change verification
• Ability to read and adjust existing automation or create a small Bash or Python improvement; practical use of AI assistants for troubleshooting, scripting, and documentation, with verification before production changes
• Clear spoken and written English for asynchronous remote work

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with OpenNebula, KVM, or another private-cloud or virtualization platform
• Familiarity with Ansible or another configuration-management tool
• Familiarity with Terraform, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
• Familiarity with Git
• Familiarity with FreeIPA, LDAP, or Google Workspace administration

What's in it for you?

• A focus on professional development.
• Interesting and challenging projects.
• Fully remote work with flexible working hours, which allows you to schedule your day and work from any location worldwide.
• Paid 24 days of vacation per year, 10 days of national holidays, and unlimited sick leaves.
• Compensation for private medical insurance.
• Co-working and gym/sports reimbursement.
• Budget for education.
• The opportunity to receive a reward for the most innovative idea that the company can patent.