Linux DevOps Engineer - Cloud CI/CD Specialist

Staffing Spot, Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Staffing Spot, Inc. is seeking a Linux DevOps Engineer to join our hybrid team in the USA. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on Linux administration, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containers, and IaC, with 3–7 years of experience.

You will build secure, scalable infrastructure and collaborate with software developers, QA, security, and IT operations to improve deployment, monitoring, and reliability in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years hands-on DevOps, Linux, systems, or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong Linux administration skills with RHEL, CentOS/Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu.
• Proficiency in Bash/Shell scripting.
• Experience with Git and source-control practices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Terraform and/or Ansible.
• Working knowledge of AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Good understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, firewalls, load balancers, and networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Manage, configure, and maintain Linux servers, including RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, and Ubuntu.
• Monitor system health, performance, availability, and capacity across development and production environments.
• Troubleshoot Linux operating system, networking, application, and infrastructure issues.
• Automate infrastructure and operational processes using Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration‑management practices.
• Configure and maintain web servers, application servers, storage, databases, and networking components.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Splunk, or CloudWatch.
• Participate in production deployments, incident response, troubleshooting, and root‑cause analysis.
• Perform Linux patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery, high‑availability, and business‑continuity solutions.
• Collaborate with development and QA teams to improve application deployment and release processes.
• Develop automation to reduce manual operational tasks and improve system reliability.
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation and provide production support when required.
• Follow organizational security, compliance, and change‑management policies.

Skills

Linux administration

Bash/Shell scripting

CI/CD automation

Monitoring & observability

Networking fundamentals

Problem solving

Collaboration in hybrid teams

Infrastructure as Code practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Staffing Spot, Inc. is seeking a Linux DevOps Engineer to join our hybrid team in the USA. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on Linux administration, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, containers, and IaC, with 3–7 years of experience.

You will build secure, scalable infrastructure and collaborate with software developers, QA, security, and IT operations to improve deployment, monitoring, and reliability in a hybrid work model.