We are seeking a
Linux and Infrastructure Platform Engineer to join our
Information Technology team in
Boone, NC. Through humanitarian work, the goal and purpose of Samaritan's Purse are to help people in Jesus' name and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
In the role of
Linux and Infrastructure Platform Engineer,you will have the opportunity to:
- Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ.
- Design and support enterprise application platforms across production, staging, development, and test environments, emphasizing Linux, Kubernetes, containerized workloads, and supporting services.
- Collaborate with Systems, Network, Storage, Database, and Application teams to create delivery infrastructure across datacenters, covering load balancing, ingress, networking, persistent storage, and disaster-recovery.
- Maintain platform availability through Kubernetes resiliency, clustering, patching, upgrades, capacity planning, backup-and-recovery, and ongoing infrastructure maintenance.
- Monitor Linux, Kubernetes, and application environments for performance, availability, capacity, logs, CPU, memory, storage, network utilization, node health, and workload status.
- Implement and maintain Kubernetes, Linux, configuration-management, automation, Helm, GitOps, and related enterprise platform technologies.
- Provide technical support to application developers, business analysts, systems administrators, database administrators, and third-party vendors.
- Other duties as assigned.
As a qualified candidate, you will have the following skills and experience:
- Bachelor's degree plus four (4) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. ITIL certification preferred.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Windows and Linux server management and Kubernetes/container ecosystems, with a track record of configuring, patching, upgrading, and maintaining robust, multi-environment platforms.
- Thorough knowledge of highly available infrastructures, including networking, load balancing, ingress, storage, capacity planning, backup, and disaster-recovery across multiple data centers.
- Skill with IaC, Helm, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines to deliver repeatable services; adept at monitoring health, analyzing logs, and troubleshooting performance or deployment issues.
- General knowledge of access controls, authentication, secrets management, and change-control standards, coupled with a commitment to clear documentation, procedures, and runbooks.
- 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, an opportunity to meet and complete the requirement is available upon hire.
Samaritan's Purse is proud to offer a competitive benefits package, including:
- On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
- Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
- Paid Family Medical Leave
- Term Life Insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- 10 paid holidays
- 12 vacation/personal days
- 10 sick days
Type: Full-time
Department: Information Technology
Location: (On-Site) Boone, NC
Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)
