Linux Systems Engineer II – Contract

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Linux Systems Engineer II maintaining hosting infrastructure for financial solutions company. Handling cloud and on-prem systems while providing critical production support and mentoring team members.

Posted 6/3/2026contractScottsdale • Arizona, California, Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $86,000 - $126,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudEC2Linux

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supports and maintains the organization’s Hosting Infrastructure and Operating Systems (on-prem and cloud)
Administers and manages cloud and physical infrastructure systems and configurations
Analyzes issues for strategic and tactical decision making
Ensures system health is optimized to support internal and external customers
Performs systems engineering, installation, configuration, administration and maintenance of assigned technology responsibilities
Implements and reviews systems monitoring to ensure platform availability and optimal performance
Analyzes systems health data and makes recommendations to improve performance
Provides systems production support, reporting and monitoring of availability for IT Systems
Resolves complex hardware/software related problems
Implements defined changes to existing hardware and operating systems
Creates and/or edits technology policies, procedures and associated documentation
Interacts with internal customers and external vendors to provide quality customer service
Mentors, trains, coaches and guides Systems Engineers

Requirements

What you’ll need

High school diploma or GED
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Red Hat Linux system administration
Working knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, cloud watch etc.)
Understanding of encryption technologies (data-at-rest)
Experience with scripting languages i.e. Bash
Strong attention to detail
Proven experience in medium-to-large enterprise environment
Strong analytical skills
Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
Must be US Citizen or US National only

Benefits

Comp & perks

Discretionary incentive plan
Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work hours

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Hard Skills & Tools

Red Hat LinuxAWSBashsystems engineeringsystem administrationconfiguration managementperformance optimizationmonitoring systemstroubleshootingencryption technologies

Soft Skills

attention to detailanalytical skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skillscustomer service skillsmentoringcoachingtrainingproblem-solvingstrategic decision making

Certifications

high school diplomaGED