Linux Compute Engineer Hybrid Hartford CT 6 Months

Genius Business Solutions; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Genius Business Solutions Inc. (GBSI) seeks a highly skilled Linux Compute Engineer (L3 SME) to act as the top technical escalation point for Linux/Unix infrastructure. The role focuses on large-scale environments, automation via Infrastructure as Code, patching, and ensuring stability, scalability, and compliance.

You will lead incident resolution and contribute to CI/CD for infra deployments. Ideal candidates will have deep experience with RHEL/Oracle Linux/CentOS/SUSE and Unix, strong AWS

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux/Unix infrastructure and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with cloud services and IaC tools.
• Ability to lead escalation and incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Act as L3 SME and escalation point for Linux/Unix infrastructure.
• Manage and support Linux/Unix environments (RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS, SUSE, Unix).
• 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 compliance.
• Drive resolution of critical incidents and conduct RCA with preventive measures.
• Review and approve compute infrastructure changes.
• Conduct capacity planning and resource optimization.
• Implement proactive monitoring and self-healing mechanisms.
• Reduce toil through automation and operational innovation.
• Develop and maintain shell scripting and automation solutions.
• Automate provisioning, patching, compliance checks, and operational tasks.
• Contribute to IaC practices using Terraform.
• Support CI/CD integration for infrastructure deployment activities.

Skills

Compute – Linux (RHEL, Oracle Linux, I

AWS Cloud Services

Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

Job description

About Genius Business Solutions Inc. (GBSI)

Featured in CNBC, Digital Journal, Fox News, and CIO Review, GBSI is a globally recognized IT services leader with 20+ years serving Fortune 500 organizations. Our teams deliver solutions across automotive, manufacturing, retail, and pharmaceutical industries. Headquartered in Moline, IL, GBSI supports clients and consultants throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and India.

Join our innovative team to lead enterprise-grade SAP solutions and drive digital transformation initiatives across global enterprises.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Linux Compute Engineer (L3 SME) with expertise in Linux/Unix infrastructure, AWS, and Terraform. The role involves serving as the highest technical escalation point, managing large-scale enterprise Linux environments, driving automation through Infrastructure as Code, and ensuring system stability, scalability, and compliance. The candidate will lead incident resolution, patching, and operational innovation while contributing to CI/CD integration for infrastructure deployments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as L3 SME and escalation point for Linux/Unix infrastructure.
• Manage and support 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 compliance.
• Drive resolution of critical incidents and conduct root cause analysis (RCA) with preventive measures.
• Review and approve compute infrastructure changes.
• Conduct capacity planning and resource optimization.
• Implement proactive monitoring and self-healing mechanisms.
• Reduce toil 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 (IaC) practices using Terraform.
• Support CI/CD integration for infrastructure deployment activities.

Top 3 Skills Required

1. Compute – Linux (RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS, SUSE, Unix)
2. AWS Cloud Services
3. Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

Equal Employment Opportunity

GeniusBSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.