Linux Systems Engineer

TEKsystems
$60.00 - $65.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Maryland, Owings Mills
Feb 28, 2025
Top Skills' Details 1.) Must understand linux on the desktop side- the fundamentals and how to read errors. This team primarily supports Ubuntu, but RHEL experience would be ok. 2.) Scripting/coding experience 3.) Must have strong experience working within Kerberos 4. Must have experience supporting Citrix (VDI Tool they use), GIT pipelines, CI/CD, Docker, Ansible, 5. Packer, Python, Terraform are desired skills 6. AWS/Azure experience is preferred Description * Contractor with excellent Linux skills to help support our growing development community on a Linux Developer Desktop offering. * Primary Skills: Fluent in Linux / Active Directory and Kerberos / Developer tooling / Citrix / Ansible / NFS and Prometheus and Grafana * Focused on engineering away support, engineering automation: single click rebuilds, service discovery, improve observability and reliability of linux VDI offering * You need to know Linux really well to diagnose kerberos, AD or NFS issues and you need to know developer tooling to know how best to design things so that the tools can be managed, yet still work as though they aren't being managed. * You need to have an engineering mindset to fix issues with the developer desktop at source and bake config into the next VDI image ready for roll-out - updating base image config, testing and shipping. * Write good support documentation, FAQs, populate Question2Answer type offerings so the dev community we support can self-serve. * Providing an awesome developer experience is of paramount importance for this role. Ubuntu knowledge, Citrix knowledge, VDIs, Networking knowledge, Git pipelines, CICD, Docker Skills Linux, Scripting, Ansible, Vmware, automation Top Skills Details Linux,Scripting,Ansible,Vmware,automation Additional Skills & Qualifications Need to have a software engineering mindset. One of the first questions he asks is how Kerberos works. Experience Level Intermediate Level Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $65.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Owings Mills,MD. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Mar 4, 2025. About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.