Senior IT Architect - Linux

utaustin; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition assistance

Training and conference opportunities

Flexible spending accounts

Access to UT libraries/museums

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Senior IT Architect - Linux within Enterprise Technology. This fixed-term role leads the design, governance, and implementation of a centralized Linux endpoint management platform to support diverse campus environments.

You will collaborate with distributed IT teams, define platform standards, and drive automation and compliance initiatives to reduce fragmentation and improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Senior technologist with leadership in Linux endpoint management
• Experience aligning platform design with security and compliance
• Ability to develop scalable enterprise Linux management standards

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of central Linux management platform
• Develop architecture for configuration, deployment, patching, and reporting
• Evaluate enterprise Linux management platforms (Tanium, RHEL, Ubuntu)
• Create scalable platform standards across diverse Linux environments
• Collaborate with distributed IT teams to onboard Linux systems
• Draft onboarding plans and documentation for campus IT teams
• Guide security alignment with vulnerability management and compliance objectives
• Provide advanced Linux engineering guidance across RHEL/Ubuntu

Skills

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Linux engineering

RHEL

Ubuntu

Configuration management

Patch management

Automation

Tools

Tanium

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Ubuntu

Job description

Senior IT Architect - Linux

Hiring Department: Enterprise Technology - Customer Support

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40

FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA

Earliest Start Date: Jan 04, 2027

Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Dec 31, 2029

Location: AUSTIN, TX

Job Details

General Notes

This fixed - term position is funded for two years from the employee's start date and may be extended .

Flexible work arrangements are available for this position, including the ability to work remotely within the United States. Remote work for individuals who reside outside Texas but within the United States and its territories will be considered and requires Central Office approval. May require occasional travel to Austin Main Campus.

This position provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week and travel limited to training (e.g., conferences/courses).

Enterprise Technology is dedicated to supporting the mission of the University of Texas at Austin of unlocking potential and preparing future leaders of the state.

Your skills will make a difference.

You'll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. If you're the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you'll like working for our campus.

Benefits

The University of Texas at Austin and Enterprise Technology provide an outstanding benefits package to our staff. Those benefits include:

• Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Training and conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Athletic ticket discounts
• Access to UT Austin's libraries and museums
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

This position requires you to maintain internet service and a mobile phone with voice and data plans to be used when required for work.

Purpose

The Enterprise Linux Management Program requires a dedicated Senior Technology Architect to provide strategic leadership for the design, governance, and implementation of the university's Linux endpoint management platform. The position will ensure alignment across stakeholders, guide complex technical decisions, and provide the leadership needed to transition from fragmented Linux management practices to a sustainable enterprise service.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, and continuous improvement of a central Linux management platform supporting diverse research, academic, and administrative environments.
• Develop platform architecture for configuration management, software deployment, patching, compliance, and reporting.
• Evaluate and implement enterprise Linux management platforms such as Tanium, RHEL, or comparable platforms.
• Create platform standards that are scalable, secure, and effective across heterogeneous Linux distributions.
• Work directly with distributed IT teams to assess existing Linux environments, operational maturity, management gaps, and onboarding readiness.
• Develop onboarding plans to help departments transition Linux systems into a central platform.
• Create guides, onboarding checklists and documentation for campus IT teams.
• Consult with system administrators, endpoint teams, cloud teams, and application owners on platform adoption and service integration.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate redundant tooling, reduce operational fragmentation, and improve consistency across departmental Linux management practices.
• Design and maintain automation frameworks for provisioning, configuration enforcement, policy compliance, patching, reporting, and system lifecycle activities.
• Develop reusable scripts, modules, playbooks, policies, or configuration baselines using Bash, Python, or comparable technologies.
• Implement practices that support drift detection, remediation workflows, auditable change, and repeatable operations.
• Partner with information security teams to align Linux management with institutional security requirements, vulnerability management, and compliance objectives.
• Provide advanced Linux engineering guidance across RHEL, Ubuntu, or comparable ent