[Remote] Linux Platform Engineering
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Diverse Lynx is seeking a Lead Linux Platform Engineer to own and evolve enterprise Linux infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments. The role focuses on platform strategy, architecture, automation, reliability, observability, security, incident leadership, and cross-functional technical leadership.
Responsibilities
- Own the enterprise Linux platform roadmap, including OS lifecycle management, patching strategy, standardization, and technical debt reduction
- Define and enforce engineering standards, build patterns, and operational best practices across Linux environments
- Establish automation first and reliability driven operating models for Linux platforms
- Continuously evaluate and improve platform scalability, resiliency, performance, and cost efficiency
- Design and implement scalable, resilient Linux-based solutions across on prem and cloud environments
- Act as a technical authority for compute, virtualization, storage integration, and core Linux services
- Lead technical design reviews and architecture decisions for Linux platforms
- Partner with application, database, and cloud teams to support modern platform patterns, including containers and hybrid cloud architectures
- Lead the design and implementation of automation frameworks using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Bash, and Python
- Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and reusable platform modules
- Eliminate manual, error prone processes through orchestration, automation, and self service capabilities
- Champion platform engineering and DevOps practices across the infrastructure organization
- Own platform availability, performance, capacity, and recoverability, aligned to SLAs and business requirements
- Define and maintain monitoring, logging, and observability standards using enterprise tooling (e.g., Datadog, Dynatrace)
- Serve as a technical escalation lead during incidents, conducting deep root cause analysis and driving permanent corrective actions
- Ensure backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies are designed, implemented, and regularly validated
- Embed security by design principles into Linux platform architecture and operations
- Partner with security teams to implement OS hardening, vulnerability management, and compliance controls
- Own patching governance, security baselines, and audit defensible configuration standards
- Ensure Linux platforms meet enterprise and regulatory security requirements
- Engineer and support Linux workloads running on VMware and cloud platforms
- Partner with storage teams on SAN/NAS integration, LUN provisioning, and performance tuning
- Own Linux-based infrastructure services such as DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and NTP
- Ensure platforms are optimally aligned with underlying compute, storage, and network architectures
- Act as a technical leader and escalation point for complex Linux platform issues
- Collaborate with infrastructure, network, storage, database, application, and vendor teams to deliver integrated solutions
- Translate technical risk and trade offs into clear business impact for technical and non technical stakeholders
- Lead complex initiatives end to end, from design through execution and operational handover
- Mentor and guide engineers, raising platform engineering maturity and technical capability
- Promote a culture of automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
- Establish repeatable, documented, and audit defensible operating practices
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience
- 7–10+ years of progressive experience engineering and operating Linux platforms in enterprise environments
- Deep expertise in enterprise Linux (RHEL, SUSE, or equivalent) across large scale deployments
- Advanced proficiency with Linux CLI and scripting (Bash, Python; Perl a plus)
- Proven experience designing and operating automation and Infrastructure as Code solutions (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, etc.)
- Strong experience with virtualization technologies (VMware vSphere or similar)
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NTP, VPN)
- Hands on experience integrating Linux systems with enterprise storage (SAN, NAS, RAID)
- Experience with enterprise backup and recovery platforms (e.g., Veeam, Rubrik)
- Experience building, maintaining, and distributing RPMs and Linux packages
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability platforms (Datadog, Dynatrace, Nagios, SolarWinds)
- Strong understanding of Linux security hardening, patching strategies, and compliance requirements
- Demonstrated ability to own complex technical initiatives and platform outcomes
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non technical stakeholders
- RHCE, LPIC 3, or equivalent advanced Linux certifications
- Experience operating Linux platforms in hybrid or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Experience with containers and orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Exposure to platform engineering or SRE operating models
- Experience supporting high availability enterprise applications, including Oracle (single instance and RAC)
- Experience with storage array level configuration and performance tuning
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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