Senior Linux Engineer - Hybrid, RHEL & Automation Expert

ApplyLogic Consulting Group, LLC; Columbia, Northern (SC, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

401K

Health insurance

Life/Disability insurance

PTO 15 days

Holidays 11

Job summary

ApplyLogic is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to join our team supporting a complex government client in Columbia, SC. You will provide expert-level support for Linux-based infrastructure, ensuring secure, stable, and compliant systems that power mission-critical applications.

This hybrid role requires 8–10+ years of Linux engineering experience, strong RHEL, Bash, Python, Ansible, and IaC skills, plus the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of Linux engineering experience in enterprise or federal environments.
• Advanced experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9).
• Strong proficiency with Bash scripting and at least one modern scripting or programming language (Python preferred).
• Hands-on experience with Ansible and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Knowledge of virtualization (VMware), containers, and cloud computing.
• Experience supporting security compliance under federal frameworks (FISMA, NIST 800-53, STIGs).
• System health and performance reports.
• Security compliance documentation, patching summaries, and vulnerability remediation status.
• Updated architecture diagrams and configuration baselines.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen the Linux server environment through proactive engineering, hardening, lifecycle management, and modernization.
• Improve system reliability, security, monitoring, configuration management, and automation.
• Support the organization’s cloud adoption, cybersecurity posture, and enterprise architecture objectives.
• Provide Tier 3 engineering support, including troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and optimization.
• Architect, deploy, configure, and maintain Linux servers across on premise and cloud environments.
• Implement secure baseline configurations aligned with DOJ, NIST, and federal cybersecurity standards.
• Manage OS patching, kernel dependences, and system performance tuning.
• Support enterprise application hosting, web services, databases, and middleware running on Linux platforms.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash, Python, or similar tools.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
• Assist with migration, deployment, and administration of Linux workloads in cloud environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government).

Skills

Linux engineering

RHEL 7/8/9

Bash scripting

Python

Ansible

Infrastructure as Code

VMware

Cloud computing

FISMA/NIST compliance

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

VMware

Job description

ApplyLogic is seeking a Senior Linux Engineer to join our team supporting a complex government client in Columbia, SC. You will provide expert-level support for Linux-based infrastructure, ensuring secure, stable, and compliant systems that power mission-critical applications.

This hybrid role requires 8–10+ years of Linux engineering experience, strong RHEL, Bash, Python, Ansible, and IaC skills, plus the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.