Senior Unix​/Linux Platform Engineer

Role:

Senior Unix/Linux Platform Engineer (Wire Platform Senior Engineer)

Fully onsite position and can sit in the following locations:

• Raleigh
• Charlotte
• Memphis

Contract to hire 6 months or less

Seeking a Senior Unix/Linux Platform Engineer to support and enhance mission-critical enterprise applications in a high-availability environment. This role is responsible for platform reliability, automation, CI/CD, production support, performance optimization, security, and incident management across the full software development lifecycle.

• Maintain and improve reliability, availability, and performance of Unix/Linux-based production systems.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment processes.
• Develop automation solutions using Bash, Python, and configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Lead incident response efforts, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, remediation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Implement monitoring, logging, dashboards, and alerting using observability tools.
• Perform capacity planning, system tuning, and performance optimization.
• Manage security-related activities including patching, vulnerability remediation, and certificate management.
• Collaborate with development, QA, business, and infrastructure teams to deliver application enhancements and production releases.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Participate in on-call support and change management activities.
• Support disaster recovery testing, vendor integrations, and platform resilience initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience supporting Unix/Linux platforms in production environments.
• Strong experience with RHEL, AIX, or Solaris.
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Git Lab CI/CD.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, and automation/configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, or Chef).
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
• Knowledge of messaging technologies such as IBM MQ, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
• Solid understanding of networking, DNS, load balancing, TLS/PKI, and certificates.
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, App Dynamics, or Dynatrace.
• Strong troubleshooting, production support, and incident management experience.

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or operational excellence experience.
• Containerization and orchestration experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or Open Shift.
• Knowledge of security hardening standards and secrets management.
• Experience in regulated or highly controlled environments.
• Exposure to microservices, API gateways, and event‑streaming technologies.

Unix/Linux RHEL CI/CD Jenkins Git Lab Bash Python Ansible SQL Oracle PostgreSQL IBM MQ Kafka Splunk Dynatrace Prometheus Grafana Docker Kubernetes Incident Management Automation Production Support SRE