Linux SRE: Reliable Systems, Automation & Incident Ready

Hyve Solutions; Clearwater (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyve Solutions is seeking a Linux System Administrator (SRE1) to own daily management of Linux-based infrastructure in a US production environment. You will ensure system stability, patching, monitoring, and incident resolution across multiple Linux flavors and environments.

Responsibilities include configuring core services, applying patches, implementing backups, and hardening hosts while supporting developers. A 3–5 year production Linux background and basic scripting are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/IT or related field.
• 3-5 years Linux admin experience in production environments.
• RHCSA/CompTIA Linux+/LPIC-1 preferred.
• Experience with monitoring and virtualization tools.
• Familiarity with CIS/STIG hardening is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and maintain Linux servers (RHEL/Ubuntu/Rocky/CentOS).
• Manage core services: SSH, DNS, DHCP, NTP, LDAP/SSSD, postfix, NFS/SMB, systemd, cron.
• Apply patches and kernel updates; maintain repos (yum/dnf/apt).
• Monitor health with top/iostat/sar/vmstat/netstat or Prometheus/Zabbix.
• Implement backup/restore routines; test recoveries.
• Manage storage (LVM, mdadm RAID, multipath, iSCSI/FC); filesystems.
• Harden hosts per CIS/STIG; manage firewall rules; SELinux/AppArmor.
• Write basic automation/scripts (Shell, Python, Ansible); document SOPs.

Skills

Linux OS basics

systemd

networking

storage

monitoring

virtualization

container basics

shell scripting

security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

RHCSA / CompTIA Linux+ / LPIC-1 preferred

Tools

Nagios

VMware

KVM

Nutanix

Docker

Git

Ansible

Prometheus

Job description

Hyve Solutions is seeking a Linux System Administrator (SRE1) to own daily management of Linux-based infrastructure in a US production environment. You will ensure system stability, patching, monitoring, and incident resolution across multiple Linux flavors and environments.

Responsibilities include configuring core services, applying patches, implementing backups, and hardening hosts while supporting developers. A 3–5 year production Linux background and basic scripting are required.