Linux System Engineer

IFG - International Financial Group; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Top IT Firm is seeking a Systems Engineer for a remote, 18-month contract. The role focuses on installing, configuring, and upgrading servers across LAN/WAN and standalone environments, aligning with security standards and compliance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Linux system administration, Syslog-NG, network engineering, and automation with Ansible. Collaboration and documentation are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field is required.
• 5-7 years of IT systems engineering experience.
• Broad knowledge of IT systems engineering and capacity planning.

Responsibilities

• Complete configuration, installation and support of equipment to business specs.
• Maintain software applications and operating systems through regular maintenance.
• Maintain configuration and support documentation.
• Manage projects and program components to deliver services per objectives.
• Supervise the administration of systems and servers to ensure availability of services.
• Maintain multi-site network operations, software applications, operating systems through regular maintenance.
• Troubleshoot malfunctions of hardware, software applications and security issues to restore service.

Skills

Syslog-NG

Linux sysadmin

Network Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field

5-7 years experience

Tools

Ansible

IBM SevOne Network Performance Manager

Broadcom AppNeta

Job description

Top IT Firm

Type: Contract

Location: 100% Remote: PST hours

Contract Duration: 18 months

Typical Day in the Role

• Purpose of the Team: The purpose of this team is to manage Azure resources.and have to maintain compliance on some of those, on, well, on all of those resources to just make sure that, hey, we're aligned with the latest security, either patching or managing of resources, facilitating with upgrades of those pieces of material.

Candidate Requirements

• Best vs. Average: The ideal resume would contain working knowledge of Ansible and playbooks

Summary:

The main function of a Systems Engineer is to perform a wide variety of installation, configuration and upgrading of servers and related hardware and software in a LAN, WAN and stand-alone environment, providing investigation, diagnostic testing and repair/resolution of system, hardware, software and infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities:

• Complete configuration, installation and support of equipment to the specifications of the business

• Maintain software applications and operating systems through regular maintenance

• Maintain configuration and support documentation

• Manage assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives

• Supervise the administration of systems and servers to ensure availability of services to authorized users

• Maintain multi-site network operations, software applications, operating systems through regular maintenance

• Troubleshoot malfunctions of hardware, software applications and security systems to resolve operational issues and restore services

The ideal background for the role would to have deep understanding of network monitoring systems and management protocols. Technical proficiency with enterprise routing and switching protocols. Deep knowledge running syslog-ng and trapd on Linux. Exposure to management platforms such as IBM SevOne Network Performance Manager and Broadcom AppNeta.

Top Skills:

• Syslog-NG (3 years)

• Linux sysadmin (5 years)

• Network Engineering (3 years)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required

• 5-7 years experience required

• Broad knowledge of IT Systems engineering

• Experience with system capacity and planning, as well as functional configuration and audit

• Experience with system planning and capacity tools and analyses