Lead Infra Engineer: Linux Automation & Data Center

RapidFort, Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Company-provided equipment

Professional development

Job summary

RapidFort, Inc. is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the Bay Area with hybrid work.

The role emphasizes hands-on Linux systems engineering (about 70%) and data center hardware (about 30%), including patching, automation, and a deputy leadership stance when the manager is unavailable. You will own the golden image pipeline, write Bash/Python automation, manage Ansible content, and lead incident response.

Qualifications

• 7+ years engineering and administering Linux in production environments.
• Strong Bash and Python — you write production automation, not just modify it.
• Ansible at fleet scale, with opinions on idempotency and inventory structure.
• Demonstrated Linux performance troubleshooting depth.
• Hands-on data center experience: server lifecycle, firmware, out-of-band management.
• Enterprise storage: SAN/NAS, multipathing, capacity management.
• Hypervisor cluster experience (VMware/Hyper-V/Proxmox).
• Solid networking fundamentals and ability to read a packet capture.
• Production on-call experience under incident and change processes.
• Sound escalation judgment: know which calls to make.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and harden Linux systems and golden images.
• Write production automation in Bash and Python for provisioning and remediation.
• Own configuration management content in Ansible: roles, playbooks, inventory.
• Own OS patching cadence, testing, rollout, and end-of-life upgrades.
• Troubleshoot performance issues at kernel, I/O, memory, and filesystem levels.
• Reduce manual work by building tooling and automation.

Skills

Bash

Python

Linux troubleshooting

On-call support

Escalation judgment

Tools

Ansible

VMware

Hyper-V

Proxmox

Out-of-band mgmt

Job description

RapidFort, Inc. is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the Bay Area with hybrid work.

The role emphasizes hands-on Linux systems engineering (about 70%) and data center hardware (about 30%), including patching, automation, and a deputy leadership stance when the manager is unavailable. You will own the golden image pipeline, write Bash/Python automation, manage Ansible content, and lead incident response.