Senior Red Hat Linux Engineer - Hybrid (3 onsite/2 remote)

Unicorn Technologies LLC

Charlotte (NC)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Unicorn Technologies LLC seeks a Senior Red Hat Linux Administrator to join a hybrid work team in Charlotte, NC. The role focuses on patching, hardening, and automation across a large Hadoop ecosystem in a high‑availability enterprise setting.

You will implement Ansible, BladeLogic, and Cloudera admin tooling while supporting remote collaboration and complex Linux provisioning. Bring 8+ years of experience to ensure secure, reliable operations.

Qualifications

8+ years of hands-on Linux system administration in enterprise environments.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x / 9.x.
OS patching, upgrades, and system hardening.
Proficiency in automation and scripting (Ansible, Bash).
Experience managing large-scale environments (1000 servers).
Strong Linux builds and provisioning, filesystem management (LVM, XFS).
Performance monitoring and tuning.
Experience with remote/distributed teams.
Experience with Big Data technologies (Cloudera).
Cloud/OpenShift/Docker related certifications.

Responsibilities

Manage patching and upgrades across a 1000-server Hadoop ecosystem.
Automate workflows and troubleshoot in a high‑availability enterprise environment.
Collaborate effectively with remote and distributed teams.
Maintain system hardening, performance tuning, and Linux provisioning.