Linux Platform Engineer - Cloud, Automation & Security

Dayforce; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

401k plan (plus match)

Unlimited Time Away From Work

10 paid US holidays

Up to 80 hours paid sick time

17 weeks paid parental leave

Job summary

Dayforce is seeking a Linux Systems Engineer to support customer-facing and internal services across cloud and hybrid environments. You will partner with hosting, applications, databases, and cybersecurity teams to meet availability, performance, and security requirements.

The role emphasizes governance, patching, automation, and incident response in a federal-ready, on-site capacity in the United States. A strong Linux background and security mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen, naturalized citizen, Green Card Holder, or Permanent Resident.
• Ability to obtain US security clearance.
• Demonstrated experience administering Linux server environments in enterprise production settings.
• Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, or comparable distributions.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, VPN, load balancing, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Administer Linux platforms: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, and other distributions across production and non-production environments.
• Resolve incidents and participate in root cause analysis to reduce recurrence and MTTR.
• Plan, test, and execute operating system patching and security remediation in maintenance windows.
• Develop and maintain repeatable configuration and operational workflows using Ansible, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Maintain monitoring, alerting, logging, and capacity controls to improve availability.
• Apply Linux hardening standards, least-privilege access, secure remote administration, and audit logging.

Skills

FedRAMP clearance

Linux admin

Incident management

Automation scripting

Monitoring & capacity

Security & compliance

Cloud/hybrid infra

Communication & teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Bash

Python

Job description

Dayforce is seeking a Linux Systems Engineer to support customer-facing and internal services across cloud and hybrid environments. You will partner with hosting, applications, databases, and cybersecurity teams to meet availability, performance, and security requirements.

The role emphasizes governance, patching, automation, and incident response in a federal-ready, on-site capacity in the United States. A strong Linux background and security mindset are essential.