Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Linux
K2United
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Shape technology strategy and lead a talented IT team
- Ensure that Linux environments running in AWS are predictable, observable, and recoverable
- Own patching, hardening, access controls, monitoring, and incident response to reduce operational risk
- Maintain clear runbooks and operational documentation to enable shared ownership
- Improve system reliability, shorten recovery times, and help the organization scale responsibly
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in Linux system administration, cloud engineering, or infrastructure operations with direct responsibility for production systems
- Strong experience operating Linux workloads in AWS, including EC2, IAM, monitoring, and supporting services
- Deep Linux expertise, including:
- System patching and lifecycle management
- OS-level security hardening and access control
- SSH, sudo, user and permission management
- System troubleshooting and performance tuning
- Experience supporting high-availability or mission-critical environments with on-call or incident response responsibility
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD, using tools such as Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, or similar
- Demonstrated experience implementing and maintaining security controls in regulated or security-conscious environments
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-53, FISMA, or similar control-based standards
- Experience using monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch or equivalent
- Strong documentation discipline, including the ability to create and maintain accurate runbooks and operational documentation
- Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, security, and operations teams
- A proactive, ownership-driven mindset, especially when system availability or security is at risk
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
- Low-cost, comprehensive medical benefits for employees and their families
- Flexibility for those needing time off for jury duty, voting, military leave, etc.
- Wellness stipend program (includes fitness reimbursement program)
- Professional development assistance
- Casual dress work environment
- Technical training and certifications as required
- Any of our CareerSafe Online training courses for free to employees and their immediate family
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Linux system administrationcloud engineeringinfrastructure operationssystem patchingOS-level security hardeningSSHsystem troubleshootingInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDperformance tuning
Soft Skills
clear communicationcollaborationproactive mindsetownership-drivendocumentation discipline