Linux Infra Ops Engineer (AWS/K8s)

TEKsystems; United States; Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Contract position

Foster City, CA

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Linux Infrastructure Operations Engineer to support on-prem, AWS, and Kubernetes (EKS) environments in a hybrid Foster City, CA setting. The role splits 50/50 between operational support and platform engineering, focusing on Linux administration, monitoring, and automation.

The ideal candidate will diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, perform OS upgrades, manage core services like Vault and DNS, and contribute to automation initiatives with SaltStack and Ansible.

Qualifications

• Experience with SaltStack, Ansible, or similar automation platforms.
• AWS and Kubernetes/EKS experience.
• Knowledge of HashiCorp Vault.
• Experience supporting enterprise monitoring platforms such as Zabbix, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, or LogicMonitor.
• Background in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first point of contact for Linux infrastructure incidents involving servers, storage, memory, networking, and system performance.
• Monitor dashboards and alerting platforms to identify and resolve issues proactively.
• Troubleshoot Linux systems through log analysis, diagnostics, and root cause investigation.
• Perform operating system upgrades, patching, migrations, and post-upgrade health checks.
• Support large-scale Linux environments running Red Hat and Ubuntu.
• Maintain and support core infrastructure services including DNS, HashiCorp Vault, monitoring, alerting, and metrics collection platforms.
• Respond to AWS and EKS-related alerts and assist with host and node troubleshooting.
• Follow established runbooks and operational procedures while documenting completed work and providing regular status updates.
• Support infrastructure automation and configuration management initiatives using tools such as SaltStack, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Partner with platform engineering teams to improve operational efficiency and platform reliability.

Skills

Linux administration

Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Automation

AWS

Kubernetes/EKS

SaltStack

Ansible

HashiCorp Vault

Zabbix

Grafana

LogicMonitor

Tools

SaltStack

Ansible

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Linux Infrastructure Operations Engineer to support on-prem, AWS, and Kubernetes (EKS) environments in a hybrid Foster City, CA setting. The role splits 50/50 between operational support and platform engineering, focusing on Linux administration, monitoring, and automation.

The ideal candidate will diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, perform OS upgrades, manage core services like Vault and DNS, and contribute to automation initiatives with SaltStack and Ansible.