Senior RHEL Systems Engineer: Automation & Hybrid Ops

TEKsystems

United States

Hybrid

USD 96,000 - 103,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

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Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking experienced UNIX/Linux professionals for a contract role in Chicago, IL, focusing on RHEL operations and engineering support for a platform modernization initiative. The team emphasizes automation, patching, and highly available VMware-based environments.

The roles require 5–7 years of Red Hat Linux experience, Oracle Linux, Ansible automation, and strong networking knowledge. This hybrid posting includes after-hours on-call support and a potential training lift for skilled

Qualifications

5–7 years of Red Hat Linux v7.x experience and high-level admin/engineering tasks.
Experience with RHEL, Oracle Enterprise Linux, and Solaris 10/11 with heavy automation.
Strong understanding of Networking features including fiber attached storage and NFS.

Responsibilities

Manage RedHat 6–9 servers from hardware and OS perspectives.
Support VMware vSphere hypervisor for virtualized high availability environments.
Configure and maintain server processes, configurations, and backups.
Maintain Linux and VMware platform health and performance.
Manage server inventory and CMDB accuracy.
Support production release management for IT changes.
Plan and coordinate security patching on Linux servers.
Automate regular processes and document changes.
Provide 24x7 support and participate in on-call rotations.