Senior UNIX/Linux Engineer – AIX & RHEL Expert

Northwell Health; Village of New Hyde Park (NY); Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, NY, seeks a UNIX Systems Engineer to manage AIX and Linux platforms. You will oversee 500+ UNIX/Linux servers across multiple data centers and cloud environments (Azure, Google, and Oracle), develop automation, and scale operations.

The role emphasizes upgrades, patching, monitoring, disaster recovery readiness, on-call rotation, and collaboration with infrastructure, security, and project teams to deliver reliable service.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of UNIX/Linux systems experience.
• Experience with AIX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Ability to manage 500+ servers across multiple data centers and clouds.
• On-call support and incident management.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management for AIX and RHEL systems.
• Monitor system health, performance, and availability 24/7.
• Respond to Tier 1/2 incidents and provide on-call coverage.
• Collaborate with engineering and security to optimize environments.
• Develop automation to scale UNIX/Linux operations.

Skills

AIX administration

Linux administration

RHEL / Red Hat

System monitoring

Unix shell scripting

Automation tooling

Disaster recovery planning

On-call incident handling

Networking concepts

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, NY, seeks a UNIX Systems Engineer to manage AIX and Linux platforms. You will oversee 500+ UNIX/Linux servers across multiple data centers and cloud environments (Azure, Google, and Oracle), develop automation, and scale operations.

The role emphasizes upgrades, patching, monitoring, disaster recovery readiness, on-call rotation, and collaboration with infrastructure, security, and project teams to deliver reliable service.