Senior Linux Engineer (Onsite - Atlanta, GA)

Our Customer is an independent investment management firm dedicated to delivering an investment experience that helps people get more out of life. They manage $1,198.7 billion in assets on behalf of clients worldwide with the help of over 8,000 highly engaged and motivated employees focused on client needs. They actively encourage their people to collaborate to find the best ideas and solutions for clients, leveraging the tremendous diversity of thought that exists across their global organization.

We are seeking a Senior Linux Engineer on a contract basis to help support our customer’s business needs. This role is 4 days onsite at Atlanta, GA.

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Engineer, you will be a hands‑on technical contributor responsible for building, operating and continually improving Linux‑based infrastructure platforms. You will apply strong engineering judgment to implement Infrastructure as Code, automation and cloud‑native practices. This role requires deep technical expertise, the ability to resolve complex, non‑routine issues independently and close collaboration with delivery teams. You will exercise independent judgement on technical decisions and clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, while providing informal technical guidance to peers.

• Engineering and supporting Unix/Linux platforms across on‑premises and cloud environments using DevOps principles, with minimal supervision.
• Building, maintaining and enhancing Infrastructure as Code solutions using tools such as Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, and Git.
• Acting as a Unix/Linux subject matter expert within Agile delivery squads, helping shape technical approaches and resolving non‑routine platform challenges.
• Developing and maintaining automation using modern scripting and tooling languages (e.g., Go, TypeScript) to reduce manual effort and operational risk.
• Collaborating with application, cloud and security teams to design and implement secure, reliable and scalable Linux‑based solutions.
• Ensuring systems are configured in line with security, regulatory, audit and operational resilience requirements.
• Troubleshooting complex platform and infrastructure issues that impact business‑critical services.
• Leading small technical initiatives or workstreams with manageable risk, contributing to platform standards, best practices and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong enterprise‑level experience administering and supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Proven hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools (Puppet, Git, Packer; Ansible and Terraform preferred).
• Experience working with CI/CD pipeline tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab)
• Experience working in hybrid environments, with solid exposure to AWS infrastructure and services.
• Practical experience deploying, patching and maintaining Linux servers and/or containers using native tooling (e.g., Red Hat Satellite).
• Familiarity with container technologies and cloud‑based SaaS, PaaS and IaaS platforms.
• Working knowledge of security and identity platforms, including Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions such as the Delinea Cloud Suite and how they integrate with infrastructure platforms.
• Experience designing and supporting Linux workloads running on VMware, Nutanix or equivalent virtualised environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise logging, monitoring and observability platforms such as Splunk

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.