Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Bare metal & storage)

Uvation; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Uvation is seeking a highly experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in traditional Linux administration and bare metal infrastructure. The role involves designing, building, and troubleshooting large-scale Linux infrastructure, and requires extensive hands-on experience.

The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of server hardware, advanced storage administration, networking, and proficiency in Bash and Python scripting for automation. Candidates with DevOps experience are welcome, but expertise in traditional infrastructure is essential.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with Linux administration, including Ubuntu, Red Hat, and SUSE.
• Knowledge of enterprise storage solutions and server hardware troubleshooting.
• Ability to design and manage large-scale Linux infrastructures.

Responsibilities

• Administer and troubleshoot large-scale Linux infrastructure.
• Deploy bare metal servers and administer enterprise Linux systems.
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery protocols.

Skills

Expert-level Linux administration

Deep expertise in bare metal server deployment

Strong understanding of server hardware

Experience designing and administering enterprise Linux infrastructure

Advanced Linux storage administration

Strong networking knowledge

Strong troubleshooting skills

Bash and Python scripting for automation

Tools

Ceph

Kubernetes

VMware

Ansible

AWS/Azure

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in traditional Linux administration, bare metal infrastructure, and enterprise storage. This role is not focused on DevOps or cloud-native engineering. We already have a strong DevOps team and are looking for someone with extensive hands-on experience designing, building, administering, and troubleshooting large-scale Linux infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities & Required Skills

• Expert-level Linux administration (Ubuntu required; Red Hat and SUSE preferred)
• Deep expertise in bare metal server deployment, architecture, and administration
• Strong understanding of server hardware, including BIOS, RAID, firmware, iLO/iDRAC/IPMI, NICs, HBA cards, and hardware troubleshooting
• Experience designing and administering enterprise Linux infrastructure
• Advanced Linux storage administration:
  • LVM
  • XFS, EXT4
  • NFS
  • iSCSI
  • Fibre Channel SAN
  • Multipath I/O
• Strong hands-on experience with Ceph, including:
  • Cluster architecture
  • MON, OSD, MDS
  • RBD, CephFS, RGW
  • Capacity planning
  • Performance tuning
  • Failure recovery
• Strong networking knowledge (bonding, VLANs, routing, MTU, DNS, DHCP)
• Experience with high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux OS, hardware, networking, and storage
• Bash and Python scripting for automation

Nice to Have

• Kubernetes infrastructure (especially storage integration)
• VMware or KVM
• Ansible
• AWS/Azure exposure

We are not looking for

• Candidates whose experience is primarily CI/CD pipeline engineering
• Engineers focused mainly on Terraform, GitOps, or container platforms
• Cloud-only administrators with limited bare metal or infrastructure experience

Ideal candidate

Someone who has spent years running enterprise Linux environments, building servers from the hardware up, architecting storage platforms, and solving complex OS, hardware, and storage issues. DevOps experience is a plus, but traditional Linux infrastructure expertise is the primary requirement.