Senior Systems Engineer – RHEL Linux Engineer

Mercury Insurance

Senior Systems Engineer at Mercury Insurance designing, implementing, and supporting critical systems for revenue and compliance impact. Mentoring less experienced engineers and collaborating on IT projects.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $94,458 - $179,048 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleApacheAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesLinuxSpring BootSpringBootTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implements infrastructure systems and components in support of business and IT applications such as hardware, servers, software (such as operating systems, packaged software, configuration files, security certificates, database system etc.), and appliances.
Independently conducts implementations that include installation, configuration, update, documentation and knowledge transfer.
Analyzes, diagnoses, isolates and identifies system problems. Create short term solution to alleviate problem symptoms. Identify root causes and create and/or execute long term remediation plans.
Contribute to compliance related activities such as reporting, baseline and verifications.
Participates in application development process by reviewing non-functional requirements and propose, design, and deliver supporting infrastructure.
Occasionally manage small scale IT projects or exercise technical leadership to oversee the architecture design and validation where relevant systems delivery is involved.
Shares knowledge and mentor less experienced staff Initiates, promotes, and exemplifies best practices in areas of capacity, asset/inventory, configuration, update, procurement, and vendor engagement.
Develop, design, test, and document improvement solutions and processes (such as scripting, automation, and workflow) aimed to improve system’s efficiency, reliability, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
Demonstrates Mercury’s core values of People, Service Excellence, Trustworthiness, Process Simplicity and Product Value Cordially and professionally interact with customers, vendors, superiors and peers.
Regular attendance on a full-time schedule of at least 8 hours and 40 hours per week.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BS Computer Science or a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Minimum 5 to 7 years of prior working experience in systems engineering or related in a medium or large organization
Strong knowledge in Linux fundamentals (RedHat), Container management (Kubernetes flavors), and networking.
Scripting/automation knowledges in Linux and other CICD/DevOps toolsets (GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell).
Operating experience in Proxmox and at least one of clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Deep understanding of security aspects of the work (authentication/authorization, permission, IAM roles, package sniffer, ssh keys, certs, KMS, CIS, SOX, PCI).
Need work experience supporting apache/tomcat, messaging, springboot, proxy, VIP, bastion host.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions
Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
Engaging work environment
Promotional opportunities
Education assistance
Professional and personal development opportunities
Company recognition program
Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more

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Hard Skills & Tools

LinuxKubernetesscriptingautomationProxmoxAWSGCPAzureApacheTomcat

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringproblem solvingcommunicationcollaborationknowledge transferbest practices promotioncustomer interactionreportingdocumentation