What You Do.Linux, Cloud & Manufacturing Infrastructure
- Own the reliability, performance, and evolution of Linux platforms across physical, virtual, and cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
- Partner closely with manufacturing, automation, SAP, and application teams to keep mission critical systems available, resilient, and recoverable.
- Provide OS level leadership for SAP on Linux, including performance tuning, patch coordination, and controlled system restarts.
- Influence infrastructure design decisions to improve scalability, reliability, and operational resilience.
Storage, Data Protection & Disaster Recovery
- Lead administration of enterprise storage platforms and coordinate firmware, OS, and compatibility upgrades.
- Own backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Plan and execute disaster recovery testing to validate recoverability and business readiness.
Automation, Monitoring & Reliability Engineering
- Design and maintain automation scripts and configuration assets using version controlled repositories.
- Automate provisioning, validation, configuration, and operational workflows.
- Expand monitoring and alerting to proactively detect issues and reduce unplanned downtime.
Security & Infrastructure Operations
- Apply Linux security best practices, including patching, hardening, access controls, encryption, and zero trust principles.
- Support data center operations such as power, cooling, racking, cabling, and hardware lifecycle management.
- Lead planned and unplanned maintenance while minimizing impact to business and manufacturing operations.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
- Serve as 3rd level escalation for complex Linux, cloud, storage, and automation incidents.
- Lead incident response efforts, including root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
- Mentor junior and mid level administrators through technical guidance and best practice sharing.
Projects, Standards & Continuous Improvement
- Lead or contribute to medium and large scale infrastructure initiatives, including plant expansions.
- Research emerging technologies to strengthen reliability, security, and automation.
- Develop technical standards, documentation, and operating procedures.
- Help define and track KPIs/KRIs that drive continuous improvement.
On Call & Operational Support
- Participate in a shared on call rotation.
- Provide occasional night and weekend support in a 247 environment, including manufacturing systems.
Your Education and Experience.Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of hosting or infrastructure experience with strong Linux production support.
- Hands on AWS and/or Azure experience.
- Experience supporting backup and disaster recovery solutions.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
Preferred
- Manufacturing or plant floor Linux experience.
- SAP on Linux experience.
- Cloud certification (AWS or Azure Associate or equivalent).
- Mid level Linux certification.
