Principal Linux & Virtualization Architect – Hybrid

Red Oak Technologies; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-term incentive plan

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Red Oak Technologies in Denver, CO is seeking a Principal Engineer for Linux and Virtualization Infrastructure. This hybrid role combines on-site and remote work with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote, with compensation up to $175,000 plus a short-term incentive plan.

You will lead architecture, design, and optimization of data center infrastructure across Linux, storage, virtualization, and enterprise environments, collaborating with NOC, security, and networking teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Seven or more years of Linux systems administration, Linux systems engineering, or related infrastructure experience.
• Advanced Linux and/or Unix administration experience.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and storage-area networks.
• Experience with VMware, Proxmox, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience managing complex infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of enterprise storage, virtualization, high availability, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Working knowledge of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across infrastructure, networking, security, and operational teams.

Responsibilities

• Design greenfield data center deployments and modernize existing infrastructure.
• Manage and optimize enterprise Linux, compute, storage, and virtualization platforms.
• Maintain multiple virtualization clusters and lead capacity-planning efforts.
• Research, design, implement, configure, and support new infrastructure technologies.
• Co-manage Fibre Channel, VxLAN, SAN, and NAS environments.
• Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Analyze application requirements to determine operating system, storage, memory, CPU, and performance needs.
• Design enterprise storage architectures based on capacity, I/O performance, availability, and recovery requirements.
• Monitor infrastructure platforms and drive recovery and operational improvements.
• Ensure platforms and applications are backed up according to established policies.
• Partner with networking, security, and engineering teams to deliver infrastructure solutions.
• Serve as a senior escalation resource for the NOC and operational teams during complex incidents.
• Maintain technical documentation and support lab and testing environments.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to future infrastructure strategy.

Skills

Linux administration

Linux engineering

Advanced UNIX

Networking fundamentals

Storage area networks

Troubleshooting

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Computer Science

Tools

VMware

Proxmox

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Red Oak Technologies in Denver, CO is seeking a Principal Engineer for Linux and Virtualization Infrastructure. This hybrid role combines on-site and remote work with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote, with compensation up to $175,000 plus a short-term incentive plan.

You will lead architecture, design, and optimization of data center infrastructure across Linux, storage, virtualization, and enterprise environments, collaborating with NOC, security, and networking teams.