Linux Engineer

Koch; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Koch Technology is seeking a Linux Engineer to deliver reliable, secure Linux infrastructure supporting business partners. You will optimize enterprise Linux environments, partner with teams, troubleshoot complex issues, and push for automation and governance across production systems.

Location: Plano, TX / Wichita, KS / Atlanta, GA with in-office presence. Role requires strong communication, incident handling, and hands-on Linux expertise in production environments.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of major Linux operating systems (RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu).
• Experience diagnosing and resolving Linux OS issues in production.
• Experience with patch deployment tools and patch management automation.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Experience in a mission-critical production environment, with strong communication and incident handling.
• Ability to meet end users where they are technically for effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Support, deploy, manage, and work on projects for both small workloads and mission-critical systems.
• Identify automation opportunities and work with automation teams to implement improvements.
• Tackle complex challenges creatively to enhance operations.
• Collaborate with teams worldwide, fostering innovation and growth.
• Refine processes, systems, and methodologies to drive continuous improvement.
• Create documentation to share knowledge and close skill gaps.

Skills

Linux administration

Troubleshooting

Communication with users

Shell scripting

Python scripting

Tools

RH Satellite

Landscape

Automox

Uyuni

AWS

Job description

Your Job

Koch Technology is looking for a Linux Engineer to help deliver reliable, secure, and resilient Linux infrastructure that enables our business partners to achieve their goals and accelerate business outcomes. This person will support and optimize enterprise Linux environments across both critical production systems and emerging technologies, leveraging automation, cloud services, and infrastructure best practices to improve efficiency, consistency, and scalability. Partnering with teams across the organization, they will troubleshoot complex technical challenges, modernize operational processes, contribute to governance and platform strategy, and create shared knowledge that strengthens team capability.

Our Team

The Linux Service Team within Koch Technologies delivers reliable, secure, and resilient Linux infrastructure that enables our partners to achieve and accelerate their business outcomes. We are seeking team players that are dedicated to creating rock solid operations while building relationships with our internal business partners.

Location: This role can be located in Wichita, KS / Plano, TX / Atlanta, GA and requires an in office presence with flexibility.

This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.

What You Will Do

• Support, deploy, manage, and work on projects supporting both small functional workloads as well as mission-critical enterprise systems.
• Help to identify what can be automated or eliminated to achieve the greatest value. Work with automation teams to implement and improve automation with the help of agentic and interactive AI.
• Work through complex challenges creatively, developing solutions that drive progress and enhance our operations.
• Work collaboratively with teams worldwide, fostering innovation and adopting a principled entrepreneurial mindset that encourages growth.
• Identify opportunities to refine processes, systems, and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous enhancement.
• Create documentation to foster shared knowledge that will accelerate your team’s ability and close skill gaps.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Knowledge of major Linux operating systems (RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu)
• Experience diagnosing and resolving Linux operating system and service-related issues, including performance bottlenecks, system reliability concerns, disk utilization problems, and configuration errors in production environments.
• Experience with patch deployment tools and patch management automation (RH Satellite, Landscape, Automox, Uyuni)
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS
• Experience in a mission-critical production environment, understanding the importance of communication, risk management, responsible follow-through, post-incident analysis, and coverage participation
• Experience working directly with end users and the ability to meet them where they are at technically for communication

What Will Put You Ahead

• Containers and related technologies, such as docker, podman, container repositories, and docker build/compose for container development and testing
• Container orchestration experience with production experience with Kubernetes (k8s), Nomad, ECS, and EKS being a big plus
• Experience with Grafana and Grafana Loki
• Experience with Uyuni for patching
• AWS experience with certification at a Solutions Architect Associate level or higher a plus
• VMWare and KVM virtualization expertise is valuable
• Experience in shell, python, or other scripting languages to automate, optimize, and innovate
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or other automation or IaC technologies

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs about 120,000 employees across the globe.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
• Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).