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Senior Linux Engineer

Boca Raton, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Nov 2025

About the role

ASSYST is seeking an experienced Senior Linux Engineer to support our government client in Boca Raton, FL OR in Ocoee, FL .

This is an ON-SITE POSITION.

Job Family: Systems Programming & Administration
Job Title: UNIX Systems Administrator (Senior Linux Engineer)

Job Description:
UNIX Operations team is searching for a candidate who is proficient within a LINUX (Red Hat). The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience within systems administration. This candidate will provide LINUX support of around 300 servers. We are looking for an effective communicator and a problem-solving individual with good organizational skills and attention to detail. Responsibility will encompass operational support of the LINUX estate, system maintenance (OS patching).

Job Requirements – Essential:

RHEL Linux 8/9 administration/patch management.
Linux Server builds and custom configurations.
Performance tuning of Oracle database servers.
Server Security vulnerability management.
SolarWinds monitoring.
Ansible playbook development.
Ansible Automation Platform management and upgrades.
Satellite 6 management and upgrades.
VMware operational knowledge.
Good knowledge of automation.
Good server migrations skills.
Good troubleshooting skills.
Strong skills in TCP/IP networking, network topology and firewalled environments.

Nice To Have:

Storage management basics.
Database administration basics.
Windows administration basics.
Cloud integration basics.
Veritas NetBackup management basics.
Understanding of applications like JBoss, WebSphere, Splunk and HP ALM.

Unix/Linux Systems Engineer Responsibilities:

System tunings to application specific requirements. Systems standardization and automation.
Keeping the UNIX environment compliant with the technology roadmap, such as OS & hardware upgrades, 3rd party software upgrades.
Work on incident tickets and resolve in a timely manner.