Linux Engineer/Architect
Job Title: Senior Linux Engineer/Architect Location: Remote (USA) Experience: 10+ Years Role Overview:
- Lead large-scale Linux remediation and security initiatives in complex enterprise environments
- Architect scalable solutions for legacy Linux challenges, including hundreds of thousands of service accounts
- Define Linux strategy, standards, and tooling in collaboration with automation and operations teams
- Act as the senior technical authority for Linux architecture, security, and remediation efforts
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and lead enterprise-wide Linux remediation programs across large RHEL environments
- Design scalable frameworks to identify, secure, and manage legacy Linux service accounts at scale
- Define and enforce Linux security standards, service account policies, and remediation guidelines
- Establish best practices for service account lifecycle management and privilege reduction
- Lead automated discovery, inventory, and ownership identification of legacy accounts
- Partner with automation teams to design and review Ansible-based remediation and enforcement workflows
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and direction to Linux engineers and automation resources
- Identify and remediate high-risk configurations (sudo access, interactive shells, insecure credentials)
- Drive adoption of least-privilege access and non-interactive service account models
- Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and application teams to align remediation with business goals
- Support incident response and resolve complex Linux access, permission, and service-related issues
- Define monitoring, auditing, and compliance mechanisms to ensure ongoing Linux security posture
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in Linux engineering and architecture (RHEL preferred)
- Strong expertise in Linux user, group, and service account management
- Proven experience designing solutions for large-scale, legacy Linux environments
- Deep knowledge of Linux security concepts including sudo, PAM, SSH, permissions, and access controls
- Experience with configuration management and automation tools (Ansible preferred)
- Ability to design scalable remediation strategies, not one-off fixes
- Strong troubleshooting skills for complex Linux systems and access issues
- Experience working closely with security and compliance teams
- Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with centralized identity solutions (LDAP, Active Directory integration)
- Exposure to secrets management or credential vaulting solutions
- Familiarity with audit, compliance, and enterprise security initiatives
- Prior experience leading large-scale Linux remediation or hardening programs
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