Lead Linux Engineer

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Koch Technology is looking for a Lead Engineer with Linux experience and a passion for the Linux platform. The right person combines this Linux DNA with experience leading new capabilities development and operational improvement projects and initiatives. They should have demonstrable experience doing hands‑on technical implementation as well as breaking out large efforts into actionable parts and giving them to the right engineers on the team according to their technical skills, abilities, and development goals.

Success will be driven through not only executing complex technical work yourself, but coaching others to overcome their own engineering challenges and level up their skill sets in the tasks or projects you’ve allocated to them. It's the ideal opportunity for someone who loves to be a player–coach, have ownership of our capabilities development and operational improvements board, and responsibility for its execution.

The Linux Service Team within Koch Technologies delivers reliable, secure, and resilient Linux infrastructure that enables our partners to achieve and accelerate their business outcomes. We are seeking team players that are dedicated to creating rock‑solid operations while building relationships with our internal business partners. We are part of the Koch Industries family of companies, the 2nd largest private corporation in the world.

This role requires an in‑office presence with flexibility in Wichita, KS / Atlanta, GA / or Plano, TX. This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship.

• Lead Engineering Projects:
  Own the board housing our capabilities development and operational improvements projects, taking some yourself and delegating others, coordinating across multiple team members.
• Coach and Develop other Engineers:
  Provide constructive feedback and praise to help engineers develop and refine their skills.
• Automation Enthusiast:
  Apply passion for process improvement, identify automation opportunities, work with automation teams to implement and improve automation with the help of Agentic AI.
• Innovative Problem Solver:
  Tackle complex challenges creatively, developing solutions that drive progress and enhance operations.
• Collaborative Partner:
  Work collaboratively with teams worldwide, fostering innovation with a principled entrepreneurial mindset.
• Continuous Improvement Champion:
  Identify opportunities to refine processes, systems, and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous enhancement.
• Create Knowledge:
  Create documentation to foster shared knowledge, coach others to do the same, following creation of new automation, capabilities, or process improvements.
• Enterprise Container Management:
  Build a managed container capability, develop a roadmap to make it more capable and easier to support over time.

• Knowledge of major Linux operating systems (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu).
• Experience with containers and related technologies, such as Docker, Podman, container repositories, and Docker build/compose for container development and testing.
• Container orchestration experience with production environments using Kubernetes (k8s).
• Demonstrated experience being an owner of IT Engineering projects that span multiple contributors.
• Experience with patch deployment tools and patch management automation (e.g., RH Satellite, Landscape, Automox, Uyuni).
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Experience in a mission‑critical production environment, including communication, risk management, responsible follow‑through, post‑incident analysis, and coverage participation.
• Experience with shell, Python, or other scripting languages to automate, optimize, and innovate.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or other automation or IaC technologies.

• Experience with Grafana and Grafana Loki.
• Experience with Uyuni for patching.
• AWS experience with certification at a Solutions Architect Associate level or higher is a plus.
• VMware and KVM virtualization expertise is valuable.
• Experience with ArgoCD or similar CI/CD tools used for deployment automation with containerized workloads.
• Additional exposure to Nomad and/or…