Lead Linux Engineer (W2 Only)

Reqroute, Inc; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Reqroute, Inc seeks a Tech Lead - Red Hat/Linux engineer for a hybrid role in Hartford, CT. This W2 contract position focuses on leading Linux infrastructure, automation, and IaC practices to maintain high availability and performance.

You will escalate complex issues, drive patching and lifecycle management, and collaborate with teams to optimize capacity and reliability. Strong Red Hat and Terraform experience are required.

Qualifications

• AWS cloud experience required.
• Terraform scripting and IaC familiarity.
• Strong Linux/Unix system administration knowledge.

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 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.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Linux/Unix

Job description

Job Title: Tech Lead - Red Hat/Linux engineer(W2 Only)

Location: Hybrid - Hartford, CT

Duration : 6+ months contract

Contract: w2(No c2c No 1099)

Job Description/ Responsibilities:

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.