Senior Linux Systems Administrator (DevOps)

Garmin; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin is seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator (DevOps) for its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role focuses on designing and operating enterprise Linux infrastructure with automation, monitoring, and security practices.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, strong scripting abilities, and familiarity with OpenStack, KVM and Ansible, with on-call rotation and cross‑functional collaboration as part of the responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Excellent academic record (GPA 3.0+ generally) and ability to document and organize work.
• Ability to author and implement scripting/automation to move files, backup, configure, or perform tasks.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops complex, integrated Linux server solutions to meet business requirements and improve performance.
• Plans and performs major version upgrades and tunes systems with deep knowledge of Linux server tech.
• Provides 24x7 on-call support and coordinates with teams for incident response and remediation.
• Ensures compliance with SOX, PCI and other regulatory requirements and monitors environment health.
• Communicates system operations and changes to non-technical stakeholders and management.
• Maintains and enhances monitoring, security controls and capacity planning across the enterprise.

Skills

Scripting

Automation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / IT / MIS / Business or related field

Tools

Ansible

OpenStack

KVM

MySQL

Job description

Overview We are seeking a full-time Senior Linux Systems Administrator (DevOps) at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for performing and planning management and administration of technology in area of specialty while working with team members to ensure technology is effectively supporting enterprise systems.

Essential Functions

• Designs and develops complex, integrated solutions to meet business requirements or enhance performance of Garmin’s Linux server computing systems
• Performs and evaluates cost analyses and vendor comparisons from small through large scale projects to ensure cost-effective and efficient operations
• Measures feasibility of various approaches and makes recommendations
• Continuously develops technical subject matter expertise on established and emerging server, storage, load balancer, and open source systems and other server technologies
• Communicates effectively regarding system operations and environment changes
• Adheres to SOX, PCI, and other regulatory requirements as dictated
• Understands and avoids capacity, redundancy, and health constraints of server, storage, load balancer, and other open source systems
• Ensures all security requirements are met or exceeded and designs and implements effective monitoring of enterprise systems
• Provides technical input to solution development plans and concept documents and foresees risks and communicates and mitigates those before problems arise
• Performs and plans major version upgrades and tunes systems using experience and deep knowledge of area
• Plans and manages technical projects involving other teams and communicates technology effectively to non-technical associates and management
• Recognizes and understands technology impacts within the business
• Contributes to technical research on new technologies, processes or procedures and documents technical designs and procedures for team library
• Provides 24x7 on-call support

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Business or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule)
• Ability to author and implement basic scripting and coding to automate technical needs such as to move files, backup, create configuration, or other tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to implement new technologies effectively and demonstrated quality and effectiveness in work documentation and organization
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Ansible, OpenStack, KVM, and automation/scripting skills are highly preferred
• Experience with MySQL or networking

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits