Senior Linux Platform Engineer - Cloud & Automation

Idaho Society of Professional Engineers; College Park (MD); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Maryland in College Park seeks a Senior IT Platform Engineer to join the Enterprise Linux Services team. You will manage Linux infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments, using Puppet, Ansible, Satellite, Gitlab, and AWS CloudFormation to deploy patches, provision machines, and automate workflows.

The role emphasizes DevOps principles, automation, and strong collaboration with Platform Engineering and other departments to ensure uptime and service stability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) years of professional experience implementing and managing enterprise solutions.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with Linux administration and enterprise solutions.
• Ability to lead junior staff and coordinate with multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Administer IT systems and enable research, teaching, and academic units.
• Deploy OS patches, provision new machines, and manage configuration states.
• Deploy AWS solutions and troubleshoot on-premises and cloud deployments.
• Maintain maximum uptime and service stability across environments.

Skills

DevOps

Automation

System architecture

Communication

Leadership

Workload management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

Satellite

Gitlab

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Job description

University of Maryland in College Park seeks a Senior IT Platform Engineer to join the Enterprise Linux Services team. You will manage Linux infrastructure across physical, virtual, and cloud environments, using Puppet, Ansible, Satellite, Gitlab, and AWS CloudFormation to deploy patches, provision machines, and automate workflows.

The role emphasizes DevOps principles, automation, and strong collaboration with Platform Engineering and other departments to ensure uptime and service stability.