Lead Linux Engineer: Player-Coach for Automation & K8s

Koch Business Solutions, LP; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Koch Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer with Linux experience to guide capabilities development and operational improvements. The role blends hands-on implementation with coaching others, breaking large efforts into actionable tasks, and owning the execution of improvements across the team.

The Linux Service Team delivers reliable, secure Linux infrastructure, partnering with business units across Koch Industries. In-office in Wichita, Atlanta, or Plano, with visa sponsorship not available.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of major Linux operating systems (RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu).
• Containers and related technologies such as docker, podman, container repositories, and docker build/compose for container development and testing.
• Container orchestration with Kubernetes (k8s) production experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of IT Engineering projects across multiple contributors.
• Experience with patch deployment tools and patch management automation (e.g. RH Satellite, Landscape, Automox, Uyuni).
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Experience in mission-critical production environments and strong communication, risk management and incident review skills.
• Experience in scripting languages (shell, Python) to automate and innovate.
• Experience with automation/IaC tools such as Ansible, Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering Projects: own the board housing capabilities development and improvements; coordinate across team members.
• Coach and develop engineers, provide feedback and recognition.
• Automation Enthusiast: identify automations to maximize value; work with automation teams and AI assistance.
• Innovative Problem Solver: tackle complex challenges and drive progress.
• Collaborative Partner: work with teams worldwide, foster innovation and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Continuous Improvement Champion: refine processes, systems, and methodologies.
• Create Knowledge: document essentials and coach teams to share after automation or process improvements.
• Enterprise Container Management: build a managed container capability for orchestration and a scalable roadmap.

Skills

Linux knowledge

Containers & related tech

Kubernetes (k8s)

IT project ownership

Patch deployment automation

AWS cloud experience

Scripting: shell/python

Automation / IaC (Ansible, Terraform)

Collaboration & coaching

Tools

Docker

Podman

Grafana

Grafana Loki

ArgoCD

Helm

Kustomize

Werf

Calico

Cilium

Linkerd

OpenELB

MetalLB

Nomad

ECS

VMware

KVM

Job description

Koch Technologies is seeking a Lead Engineer with Linux experience to guide capabilities development and operational improvements. The role blends hands-on implementation with coaching others, breaking large efforts into actionable tasks, and owning the execution of improvements across the team.

The Linux Service Team delivers reliable, secure Linux infrastructure, partnering with business units across Koch Industries. In-office in Wichita, Atlanta, or Plano, with visa sponsorship not available.