System Engineer (Linux)

About the Role

Our client, a cloud infrastructure provider, is looking for System (Linux) Engineers to join its marketplace team. The team maintains a portfolio of preconfigured software applications that run on virtual machines, including a growing number of AI-related tools. These applications require regular updates, and the team also builds new ones.

This is a hands-on Linux role. You will install, configure, and update third-party software, fix what breaks, and work out unfamiliar products from their documentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update existing software as new software versions are released
• Build new preconfigured apps for various applications and services
• Write and maintain installation, configuration, and update scripts
• Troubleshoot failed installs and updates, and find root causes of compatibility and dependency issues
• Test installation and update workflows for reliability
• Work with the existing auto-update service and automation, and fix issues as they arise
• Report progress through the team lead

Requirements

• Linux system administration experience (services, processes, packages, dependencies, configuration files)
• Bash / shell scripting
• Strong debugging skills and the ability to learn unfamiliar open-source software from documentation
• Ability to work independently on vague, ad hoc tasks and come back with a solution within a couple of days
• Comfortable with an uneven workload: some days are urgent and need extra hours, others are light
• An overlap with Chicago Time Zone (at least until 1-2PM Chicago Time)
• English for daily communication with the team

Nice to Have

• Go (the auto-update service is written in Go; at least the ability to read and modify code)
• Python
• Docker and containerized applications
• Experience building or maintaining VM / cloud images (Packer, cloud-init, Ansible or similar)
• Experience with cloud virtual machines