Senior Linux Platform Architect (Remote-Friendly)

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

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.