Linux & Cloud Systems Engineer II

Connecticut OnLine Computer Center COCC; Southington (CT); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedules

Paid time off

Training and onboarding

Career development programs

Vendor training resources

Generous PTO

Job summary

Connecticut OnLine Computer Center COCC is seeking a System & Cloud Engineer to support reliable, secure, and well‑structured technology operations across our server and cloud infrastructure. You will focus on RHEL while gaining exposure to Windows Server, VMware, and cloud platforms.

The role involves incident response, data center support, on-call rotations, and cross‑stack automation. The position offers hybrid schedules, robust training, and ample opportunities for career growth, with a

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• One to three years of hands on infrastructure or systems support experience.
• Entry level certifications across Microsoft, Linux, VMware, cloud, or storage preferred.

Responsibilities

• Carry out operational tasks using documented procedures and runbooks.
• Support infrastructure changes with guidance from senior engineers.
• Monitor environments and respond to alerts to maintain system health.
• Process ServiceNow tickets including requests and incident support.
• Perform routine maintenance such as patching and access updates.
• Assist with deployment and decommission workflows.
• Support disaster recovery validation and testing.
• Maintain and enhance system documentation and runbooks.
• Troubleshoot across compute, storage, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
• Identify opportunities for simple automation enhancements.

Skills

Infrastructure experience

Documentation

Communication

Organizational skills

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Windows Admin

Linux Admin

VMware familiarity

Kubernetes

Cloud awareness

Storage familiarity

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Fundamentals/Associate

Linux+

RHCSA

VMware VCTA/VCA

Security+

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Azure Fundamentals

Pure Storage associate

Brocade SAN administrator

Job description

Connecticut OnLine Computer Center COCC is seeking a System & Cloud Engineer to support reliable, secure, and well‑structured technology operations across our server and cloud infrastructure. You will focus on RHEL while gaining exposure to Windows Server, VMware, and cloud platforms.

The role involves incident response, data center support, on-call rotations, and cross‑stack automation. The position offers hybrid schedules, robust training, and ample opportunities for career growth, with a