Associate Linux Administrator
$67,000–$101,000 year
On-site · Northbrook, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Associate Linux System Administrator (entry level) responsible for deploying and managing Linux instances across on-premise, private cloud, and public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud). Responsibilities include installing, configuring, monitoring, troubleshooting, and upgrading systems; ensuring uptime, performance, and security; configuring CPU/memory/disk partitions; automating tasks with Ansible, Terraform, and similar tooling; managing virtual networks, storage, and access controls; incident management via on-call rotations; and adhering to change-management processes. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field and knowledge of Linux distributions (SUSE/Red Hat or equivalents), scripting/programming concepts, cloud concepts, YAML/JSON, and automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Python, Terraform). Strong collaboration and communication skills are expected, with capability to follow guidance from managers and senior admins.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
- Basic knowledge of SUSE, Red Hat or other Linux Operating System
- Ability to write scripts and code
- Familiarity with Azure, AWS, GCP or similar
- Knowledge of YAML, JSON, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python, Terraform
- Source code control or similar tools
- Ability to operate and collaborate across team boundaries
- Good communications skills
- Able to follow direction from Manager, Team Leads and Senior administrators
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