Senior Linux DevOps Systems Engineer

Garmin; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator (DevOps) for its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role focuses on designing and operating enterprise Linux infrastructure with automation, monitoring, and security practices.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, strong scripting abilities, and familiarity with OpenStack, KVM and Ansible, with on-call rotation and cross‑functional collaboration as part of the responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent academic record (GPA 3.0+ generally) and ability to document and organize work.
• Ability to author and implement scripting/automation to move files, backup, configure, or perform tasks.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops complex, integrated Linux server solutions to meet business requirements and improve performance.
• Plans and performs major version upgrades and tunes systems with deep knowledge of Linux server tech.
• Provides 24x7 on-call support and coordinates with teams for incident response and remediation.
• Ensures compliance with SOX, PCI and other regulatory requirements and monitors environment health.
• Communicates system operations and changes to non-technical stakeholders and management.
• Maintains and enhances monitoring, security controls and capacity planning across the enterprise.

Skills

Scripting

Automation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / IT / MIS / Business or related field

Tools

Ansible

OpenStack

KVM

MySQL

Job description

Garmin is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator (DevOps) for its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role focuses on designing and operating enterprise Linux infrastructure with automation, monitoring, and security practices.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, strong scripting abilities, and familiarity with OpenStack, KVM and Ansible, with on-call rotation and cross‑functional collaboration as part of the responsibilities.