Senior Linux Systems Administrator
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60601, USA
Listing for:
rapidfortinc
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-11-14
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Own the day-to-day reliability, security, and upkeep of a broad infrastructure estate as a senior individual contributor. The scope runs from Linux servers, storage, and virtualization through networks, cloud resources, and self-hosted development systems; the role also leads incident response and operational improvements.
Responsibilities- Build, configure, harden, and maintain Linux systems, including access controls, services, packages, and operating-system lifecycle updates.
- Operate physical servers, virtual machines, and containers; manage storage, capacity, hardware issues, and configuration consistency.
- Run and troubleshoot network services such as routing, firewalls, DHCP, DNS, and connectivity between data centers, cloud resources, and remote staff.
- Manage cloud resources and self-hosted engineering tools, including source control, CI runners, build machines, and package mirrors.
- Diagnose production issues using logs, metrics, and command-line tools; lead incident response, document findings, and complete follow-up fixes.
- Automate provisioning and routine operations with scripts and configuration management, keeping changes in version control and deploying through review.
- At least 8 years of hands-on systems administration experience and deep Linux troubleshooting skills, including kernel, file system, systemd, performance, and networking issues.
- Practical experience operating physical Linux servers, virtualization, containers, storage, and server lifecycle upgrades.
- Strong networking knowledge covering routing, firewalls, DHCP, DNS, and secure remote access.
- Experience administering AWS resources, especially compute and object storage, and operating self-hosted Git and CI services.
- Proficiency in Bash and working knowledge of Python; experience maintaining Ansible or comparable configuration-management automation.
- Strong security and operational judgment, including patching, least privilege, change planning, rollback, incident documentation, and clear written English.
- Server management controllers, RAID, data-center operations, GPU infrastructure, alternative virtualization platforms, or SAN/NAS storage.
- Monitoring and intrusion detection, build farms, package caches, backup systems, compliance controls, Debian-based systems, or additional cloud providers.
- Full-time, remote individual-contributor position in the United States. U.S. citizenship is required.
- Listed base salary is $125,000–$165,000 annually, plus equity and benefits.
Position Requirements
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