Linux Admin 2

Avid Technology Professionals; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Avid Technology Professionals seeks a Linux-focused engineer to manage and optimize Linux environments, develop automation scripts with Bash, Python, Puppet, or Ansible, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role includes mentoring junior staff and communicating issues to service owners.

Candidates should be self-motivated, willing to learn new technologies, and capable of working with AWS components such as EC2. This position emphasizes teamwork and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux administration experience including configuring, patching, monitoring, troubleshooting.
• Experience creating, debugging, and implementing Bash, Python, Puppet, and/or Ansible automation scripts.
• Ability to work in a team and mentor junior staff.
• Ability to communicate issues with team members and/or service owners.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with diverse teams to ensure service reliability.
• Mentor junior staff and share knowledge across the team.
• Develop and implement automation scripts using Bash, Python, Puppet, and/or Ansible.
• Communicate issues and risk to team members and service owners.

Skills

Linux administration

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Issue communication

Tools

Bash

Python

Puppet

Ansible

AWS CLI

Boto3

Job description

• Strong Linux administration experience including configuring, patching, monitoring, troubleshooting, etc.
• Experience working with diverse teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Experience creating, debugging, and implementing Bash, Python, Puppet, and/or Ansible automation scripts
• Ability to work in a team and mentor junior staff
• Self-motivated and willing to learn new technologies
• Ability to communicate issues with team members and/or service owners

Desired

• Experience with AWS, specifically EC2 Auto Scaling
• Experience with aws-cli and boto3