Senior Linux & Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer

Insight Global; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Principal Engineer, Linux & Virtualization Infrastructure to serve as a senior technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise infrastructure platforms across Linux, virtualization, storage, and networking environments.

This is a hands-on role focused on leading projects, mentoring junior engineers, developing technical solutions, and supporting highly available production systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 7+ years of experience as a Linux Systems Administrator, Linux Systems Engineer, or related infrastructure engineering role.
• Expertise with Linux and/or Unix operating systems.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Solid knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SANs).
• Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies including: VMware, Proxmox, Docker.
• Experience managing complex systems infrastructure projects.
• Working knowledge of Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and configure greenfield datacenter deployments while modernizing and retrofitting existing environments.
• Lead system integration efforts for new technologies and infrastructure solutions through research, design, implementation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance.
• Maintain and manage multiple virtualization clusters with ownership of current and future capacity planning.
• Monitor enterprise infrastructure platforms and drive actionable recovery and operational improvements.
• Co-manage Fibre Channel, VxLAN, and NAS environments with a continued focus on: Fault tolerance; High availability; Disaster recovery.
• Analyze user and application requirements to determine operating system, storage, memory, and CPU needs for both physical and virtual server environments.
• Lead the design, analysis, configuration, and implementation of enterprise storage architectures, including: Application and end-user storage requirements; IO performance analysis; Storage layout strategy; Disaster recovery profiles.
• Collaborate closely with networking and security teams to deliver solutions for internal business units and external customers.
• Ensure all service platforms and applications are backed up according to established policies and procedures.
• Participate in future technology strategy discussions and provide recommendations based on industry research and engineering expertise.

Skills

Linux

Enterprise virtualization

Storage

Datacenter

Networking

Documentation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS

Tools

VMware

Proxmox

Docker

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Principal Engineer, Linux & Virtualization Infrastructure to serve as a senior technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise infrastructure platforms across Linux, virtualization, storage, and networking environments.

This is a hands-on role focused on leading projects, mentoring junior engineers, developing technical solutions, and supporting highly available production systems.