Senior Linux Platform Engineer - Ansible, Terraform, Azure

TEKsystems; Burlington (NJ); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Pet Insurance

Associate Assistance Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking an expert Linux Platform Engineer in Burlington, NJ, to own the enterprise Linux stack, drive automation, and partner on an Azure migration. You will manage RHEL/SUSE, implement Ansible playbooks, and introduce Terraform while maturing CI/CD and cloud-native workloads.

The role emphasizes a true engineering mindset, disruptively solving complex problems, and delivering across priorities in a hybrid, 2-3 day on-site pattern with ongoing 24x7 readiness.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Linux platform design, automation, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with RHEL/SUSE, Ansible, Terraform, and cloud-native tooling.
• Familiar with CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Engineer, configure, and maintain enterprise Linux platform standards across RHEL and SUSE environments.
• Build and mature Ansible automation — develop playbooks and roles from scratch.
• Introduce Terraform for infrastructure as code during cloud adoption.
• Own Linux OS lifecycle planning including patching and upgrades.
• Manage on-prem storage, NAS, and backup platforms.
• Support and contribute to Azure migration using Terraform and Azure services.
• Implement observability and SRE practices across the Linux estate.
• Lead root cause analysis and remediation for critical issues.
• Participate in on-call rotations and maintenance windows.
• Produce and maintain runbooks and implementation plans.

Skills

RHEL

SUSE

Ansible

Terraform

Bash/Python

Cloud experience

SRE mindset

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking an expert Linux Platform Engineer in Burlington, NJ, to own the enterprise Linux stack, drive automation, and partner on an Azure migration. You will manage RHEL/SUSE, implement Ansible playbooks, and introduce Terraform while maturing CI/CD and cloud-native workloads.

The role emphasizes a true engineering mindset, disruptively solving complex problems, and delivering across priorities in a hybrid, 2-3 day on-site pattern with ongoing 24x7 readiness.