Senior Linux Systems Engineer - Remote, Cloud & IR Lead

rapidfortinc; United States; Remote; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

RapidFort Inc. is seeking a senior systems administrator to own the day-to-day reliability, security, and upkeep of a broad infrastructure estate across Linux servers, storage, virtualization, networks, and cloud resources.

The role includes leading incident response and driving operational improvements. You will build, configure, harden, and maintain Linux systems, operate physical servers, VMs, containers, and storage, and manage cloud resources and self-hosted CI/Git services.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of hands-on Linux systems administration experience with kernel, filesystem, and networking issues.
• Proficiency in managing Linux servers, virtualization, containers, storage, and lifecycle upgrades.
• Strong networking knowledge including routing, firewalls, DHCP, and DNS, with secure remote access.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, harden, and maintain Linux systems and services.
• Operate physical servers, VMs, containers, and storage, including lifecycle upgrades.
• Run and troubleshoot network services and connectivity across data centers, cloud resources, and remote staff.
• Manage cloud resources and self-hosted Git and CI services, including mirrors and runners.
• Diagnose production issues using logs and metrics; lead incident response and document findings.
• Automate provisioning and routine operations with scripts and configuration management.

Skills

Linux troubleshooting

Bash scripting

Python basics

Networking fundamentals

Tools

Ansible

Git

CI runners

Job description

RapidFort Inc. is seeking a senior systems administrator to own the day-to-day reliability, security, and upkeep of a broad infrastructure estate across Linux servers, storage, virtualization, networks, and cloud resources.

The role includes leading incident response and driving operational improvements. You will build, configure, harden, and maintain Linux systems, operate physical servers, VMs, containers, and storage, and manage cloud resources and self-hosted CI/Git services.