Senior AIX & Linux Systems Engineer

Northwell; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell seeks a seasoned UNIX Systems Engineer to support AIX and Linux platforms across 500+ servers in multiple data centers and clouds, with a strong focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and automation.

Responsibilities include upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, backups, DR planning, incident response, and cross-team collaboration with engineering, security, and project management to optimize environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, required.
• The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered and may be modified in the future.

Responsibilities

• Guides the infrastructure system analysis, definition, verification, and validation to ensure evolving systems meet requirements; attends architectural review board meetings; manages ticket queues to ensure tasks are completed and SLAs are met.

Skills

Linux administration

AIX administration

Shell scripting

Incident handling

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Kickstart

Ansible

VMware

VIOS

Cloud services

LVM

Shell scripting

Job description

Northwell seeks a seasoned UNIX Systems Engineer to support AIX and Linux platforms across 500+ servers in multiple data centers and clouds, with a strong focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration and automation.

Responsibilities include upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, backups, DR planning, incident response, and cross-team collaboration with engineering, security, and project management to optimize environments.