Principal Linux & Virtualization Engineer - Hybrid Tampa

Red Oak Technologies; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

On-site Tampa office

Job summary

Red Oak Technologies in Tampa, FL, seeks a Principal Engineer for Linux and Virtualization Infrastructure to lead design, modernization, and support of critical data-center technologies. You will drive scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure across greenfield deployments and production environments.

You will mentor engineers, manage Linux, compute, storage and virtualization platforms, and collaborate with networking and security teams to deliver robust infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of Linux admin/engineering experience.
• Advanced Linux/Unix administration.
• Strong networking and storage fundamentals.
• Experience with VMware, Proxmox, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Ability to manage complex infra projects.
• Windows OS knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design greenfield data center deployments and modernize existing infra.
• Manage enterprise Linux, compute, storage, and virtualization platforms.
• Maintain multiple virtualization clusters and lead capacity planning.
• Research, design, implement, configure, and support new infra tech.
• Co-manage Fibre Channel, VxLAN, SAN, and NAS environments.
• Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and disaster-recovery solutions.
• Monitor platforms and drive recovery and improvements.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to infra strategy.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Infrastructure engineering

Capacity planning

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Tools

VMware

Proxmox

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Red Oak Technologies in Tampa, FL, seeks a Principal Engineer for Linux and Virtualization Infrastructure to lead design, modernization, and support of critical data-center technologies. You will drive scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure across greenfield deployments and production environments.

You will mentor engineers, manage Linux, compute, storage and virtualization platforms, and collaborate with networking and security teams to deliver robust infrastructure.