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Your decisions will shape how the platform runs.\n\nWhat you'll be doing \n\nOwn the Linux environment — cloud, on-premises, and everything in between \n\nBuild automation that removes friction and makes the whole team faster \n\nTroubleshoot complex infrastructure issues, deep-dive into root causes, and apply performance tuning \n\nSupport AWS-hosted workloads alongside an on-premises footprint \n\nRaise the technical standard of the engineers around you \n\nLead platform health \n\nWhat we're looking for \n\n7+ years in Systems Engineering, Linux Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering \n\nDeep Linux expertise — this is your primary strength, backed by e.g. RHCE certification as a minimum \n\nProven Red Hat Satellite and patch management skills \n\nAWS cloud experience in production environments \n\nA background in large, high-pressure environments — someone who understands the weight of financial services infrastructure \n\nAdvantageous \n\nVirtualization (VMware/KVM)\n\nAnsible Automation Platform (AAP)\n\nGitHub\n\n AWS Cloud\n\n SAN\n\n Storage\n\nHardware\n\nMS Windows Server\n\nBIND DNS\n\nPython\n\nYAML\n\nTerraform \n\nSatellite \n\nManageEngine Patch Manager Plus\n\nKubernetes\n\nAI (Claude Code) \n\nWhy join us \n\nHigh standards. 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