Linux Systems Engineer: Automation, Security & Reliability

Western Governors University; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 74,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Health benefits

Wellbeing program

Tuition discount

Flexible PTO (paid time off)

Job summary

Western Governors University is seeking a Systems Engineer - Linux to design, support, and improve our enterprise Linux infrastructure, spanning on-premises and cloud environments. You will manage RHEL systems, implement automation, and partner with security, networking, and data center teams to ensure high availability and security.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration in a large-scale enterprise setting, with a 40-hour work week and opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Two (2) years of experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux in a production enterprise environment.
• Experience provisioning, configuring, and supporting enterprise Linux systems.
• Experience managing virtualized Linux workloads using VMware vSphere.
• Experience implementing security standards, patching, and configuration management using Ansible or similar automation tools.
• Experience supporting secure environments handling confidential or regulated data.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support enterprise Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain standardized RHEL images, templates, and automation processes.
• Monitor Linux infrastructure to ensure system health, availability, performance, and security compliance.
• Implement and maintain backup strategies while partnering with application owners to meet service level objectives.
• Support VMware vSphere environments and assist with virtualization and storage administration.
• Configure and maintain storage resources supporting Linux workloads.
• Utilize Ansible and scripting to automate system deployment, configuration management, patching, and operational tasks.
• Partner with Security teams to implement operating system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and enterprise security standards.
• Collaborate with Data Center teams to ensure adequate compute, power, cooling, and connectivity for infrastructure platforms.
• Participate in infrastructure maintenance activities, upgrades, migrations, and troubleshooting efforts, including occasional after-hours maintenance windows.
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, knowledge base articles, and technical standards.
• Support enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms to proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues.
• Contribute to change management activities by documenting implementation plans in accordance with ITIL practices.
• Work closely with systems engineers, network engineers, cloud engineers, and application teams to deliver reliable infrastructure services.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation supporting mission-critical systems.

Skills

RHEL administration

VMware vSphere

Ansible

Security & patching

Enterprise Linux systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

VMware vSphere

Ansible

Job description

Western Governors University is seeking a Systems Engineer - Linux to design, support, and improve our enterprise Linux infrastructure, spanning on-premises and cloud environments. You will manage RHEL systems, implement automation, and partner with security, networking, and data center teams to ensure high availability and security.

The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and collaboration in a large-scale enterprise setting, with a 40-hour work week and opportunities for professional