Remote Senior Linux Systems Engineer

RapidFort, Inc.; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

RapidFort, Inc. is seeking a senior Linux systems administrator to own and run its infrastructure—bare‑metal Linux servers in data centers, the virtual machines and containers that run on them, the networks that connect them, and self‑hosted development services such as GitLab and CI, plus AWS resources.

You will keep these systems reliable, secure and documented, plan and carry out changes, and lead the response when something breaks.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Linux systems at scale across data centers and cloud.
• Strong knowledge of networking, virtualization, and security best practices.
• Proficiency with GitLab, Ansible, and DevSecOps tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, administer and harden Linux systems and services.
• Manage remote fleet of servers, VMs, containers, storage, and backups.
• Plan OS lifecycle, patches, and upgrades; maintain configuration consistency.
• Design, operate and troubleshoot networks, DNS, and cloud resources (AWS).
• Lead incident response, document runbooks, and improve monitoring.

Skills

Linux systems

Networking

Storage

Virtualization

Monitoring

AWS

GitLab

Security

Scripting Bash

Python automation

Tools

GitLab

Ansible

AWS Console

Docker

KVM

Job description

RapidFort, Inc. is seeking a senior Linux systems administrator to own and run its infrastructure—bare‑metal Linux servers in data centers, the virtual machines and containers that run on them, the networks that connect them, and self‑hosted development services such as GitLab and CI, plus AWS resources.

You will keep these systems reliable, secure and documented, plan and carry out changes, and lead the response when something breaks.