ITAP / Linux Systems Engineer (IT Infrastructure and Applications) Need w2 only

ITAP / Linux Systems Engineer (IT Infrastructure and Applications teams)

Recommended experience: 10+ years

Location: San Jose, CA 95134

Duration : Longterm Contract

Need only W2 visa independent

Role Summary

Client is seeking a Linux Systems Engineer to operate, automate, and support business-critical Linux infrastructure used by engineering and cloud-platform teams. The engineer will provide system administration, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production-support services across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

Install, configure, administer, patch, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux systems.

Support RHEL, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Ubuntu, SLES, or comparable distributions.

Provision physical and virtual servers and maintain standardized operating-system images.

Automate system configuration and routine operations using Ansible, Python, Bash, or similar tools.

Manage user access, permissions, SSH, service accounts, certificates, and system-security controls.

Support DNS, DHCP, NFS, file systems, storage mounts, network connectivity, and related infrastructure services.

Monitor system availability, capacity, performance, logs, and security events.

Troubleshoot CPU, memory, disk, I/O, process, network, and application-performance issues.

Support VMware, KVM, OpenStack, Azure, or other virtual and cloud environments.

Perform patching, vulnerability remediation, backup validation, and recovery testing.

Respond to incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement permanent corrective actions.

Maintain configuration standards, SOPs, runbooks, inventory, and operational documentation.

Participate in change management, scheduled maintenance, and on-call support as required.

Required Skills

Strong Linux system-administration and production-support experience.

Advanced troubleshooting skills across operating systems, networking, storage, and applications.

Proficiency with Bash and at least one additional language such as Python or Perl.

Experience with Ansible or another configuration-management tool.

Knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, NFS, LDAP, SSH, firewalls, and load-balancing concepts.

Experience with patching, security hardening, vulnerability remediation, and access management.

Familiarity with VMware, KVM, or another virtualization platform.

Experience using monitoring and logging platforms.

Understanding of incident, problem, change, and release-management processes.

Preferred Skills

Experience supporting EDA, semiconductor, R&D, HPC, or compute-farm environments.

Knowledge of Slurm, LSF, Grid Engine, or another workload scheduler.

Experience with Azure, OpenStack, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.

Familiarity with FlexNet/FLEXlm or comparable engineering-license systems.

Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or Elastic.

RHCSA, RHCE, Linux Foundation, or equivalent certification.

Success Measures

System availability, stability, and timely incident resolution.

Reduction in repetitive manual administration through automation.

Consistent patching and security-compliance performance.

Faster server provisioning and environment readiness.

Accurate documentation and effective operational handoffs.