Senior Linux & Cloud Automation Engineer (80% Remote)

anw.net GmbH; Town of Day (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work 80%

On-site once a week in HQ

Job summary

anw.net GmbH in New York, USA, is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to design, deploy, and maintain Linux server environments with a strong focus on cloud automation. The role offers 80% remote work with on-site presence at our HQ ~one day per week in St.

Ingbert. You will mentor junior admins, support CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across DevOps and development teams to ensure robust, scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in Linux system administration and Debian-based distributions.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and maintain Debian-based Linux server environments across on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes using Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet.
• Ensure system security through patch management, hardening, access controls, and compliance with internal policies.
• Plan and execute capacity management, performance tuning, and high-availability strategies.
• Manage and troubleshoot networking services including DNS, firewalls, load balancers, and VPN.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and alerting solutions using Zabbix.
• Write and maintain scripts in Bash, Python, or similar languages to streamline operations.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and disaster recovery plans.
• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines and containerized workloads.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior administrators.
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 system availability.

Skills

Linux

Debian-based

AWS

Networking

Bash

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

English

German

Security

Monitoring

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

Chef

Zabbix

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Job description

anw.net GmbH in New York, USA, is seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to design, deploy, and maintain Linux server environments with a strong focus on cloud automation. The role offers 80% remote work with on-site presence at our HQ ~one day per week in St.

Ingbert. You will mentor junior admins, support CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate across DevOps and development teams to ensure robust, scalable infrastructure.