Linux Systems Engineer — AWS, Ansible, Hybrid Contract

Request Technology, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 96,432 - 137,760; Part time

Job summary

Request Technology, LLC in Chicago, IL seeks a Linux Administration Contractor to manage Linux servers (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) on-prem and AWS, implement automation with Ansible, and strengthen security through patching and hardening.

You will work in a hybrid setup (3 days onsite, 2 days remote) on a long-term contract, provide 24/7 on-call support, and collaborate with incident response, DevOps, and security teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Linux system administration (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) experience.
• Strong deployment and configuration management knowledge.
• Experience with patch management and upgrades.
• Hands-on with AWS and automation tools like Ansible.
• Vulnerability assessment and remediation experience.
• Familiarity with virtualization and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux servers in physical, virtual, and AWS environments.
• Automate server provisioning using Ansible and other tools.
• Plan and execute system patches and upgrades for security and performance.
• Design and implement AWS infrastructure with best practices and cost optimization.
• Manage AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, etc.
• Identify and remediate vulnerabilities in Linux systems and apps.
• Review vulnerability scans and implement remediation strategies.
• Manage content views and lifecycle in Red Hat Satellite.
• Create and manage JIRA/ServiceNow tickets and change processes.
• Participate in on-call rotation for emergency support.

Skills

Linux administration

Automation

AWS Cloud

Vulnerability management

On-call support

Scripting Bash/Python

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

Monitoring & logging

Tools

AWS

Ansible

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Red Hat Satellite

JIRA

ServiceNow

CloudWatch

Nagios

Splunk

Qualys

CrowdStrike

LogicMonitor

VMware

Prometheus

Job description

Request Technology, LLC in Chicago, IL seeks a Linux Administration Contractor to manage Linux servers (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) on-prem and AWS, implement automation with Ansible, and strengthen security through patching and hardening.

You will work in a hybrid setup (3 days onsite, 2 days remote) on a long-term contract, provide 24/7 on-call support, and collaborate with incident response, DevOps, and security teams.