Linux Engineer L2

CBTS serves enterprise and midmarket clients in all industries across the United States and Canada. CBTS combines deep technical expertise with a full suite of flexible technology solutions--including Application Modernization, Managed Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Unified Communications, and Infrastructure solutions. From developing and deploying modern applications and the secure, scalable platforms on which they run, to managing, monitoring, and optimizing their operations, CBTS delivers comprehensive technology solutions for its clients' transformative business initiatives. For more information, please visit www.cbts.com.

OnX is a leading technology solution provider that serves businesses, healthcare organizations, and government agencies across Canada. OnX combines deep technical expertise with a full suite of flexible technology solutions—including Generative AI, Application Modernization, Managed Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Unified Communications, and Infrastructure solutions. From developing and deploying modern applications and the secure, scalable platforms on which they run, to managing, monitoring, and optimizing their operations, OnX delivers comprehensive technology solutions for its clients’ transformative business initiatives. For more information, please visit www.onx.com.

Job Purpose:

CBTS has an opening for a candidate with 5+ years’ experience managing Linux operating systems.  This position resides in a CBTS Managed Services team that provides enterprise solutions and technologies to multiple customers.

The ideal candidate will work with minimal supervision and have a desire to investigate and implement solutions or fixes.  Working with a team of engineers, this candidate must possess a willingness to learn and adapt.  Following procedures for break/fix, incidents, change requests, and scheduled maintenance are a regular part of the position.

Verbal and written communication skills are necessary to convey information that may be complex to others.  Additionally, being productive in a team environment and helping contribute to a positive team effort is required.  Planning and prioritization must occur to complete tasks effectively. 

Position requires on-call support and after-hours work.

Essential Technical Qualifications:

• Linux (RedHat 6/7/8, CentOS) required; additional Unix (Solaris/AIX) nice to have
• General Unix/Linux administration such as building and configuring VMs, software package installation, account maintenance, file permissions, system tuning
• Other Linux skills – Shell scripting, LVM, TCP/UDP, SNMP, DNS, NFS, ssh, sudo, syslog
• Performance troubleshooting, managing system services, system hardening
• Break/Fix
• Release management and patching
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking in the OSI model in LAN/WAN environments
• Detail oriented and self-motivated with good time management, communication, and presentation skills across varying organization levels
• Customer-facing experience when handling incident response.
• Solid experience working in VMware environments
• Other cloud administration (AWS, Azure, Google) experience nice to have

Education

• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience as a Linux systems administrator or equivalent education or training
• Degree resulting in an Associate’s or Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience and relevant professional certifications.
• Familiar with ITIL and ticketing systems
• Experience with enterprise systems for monitoring
• Any relevant certifications: RHCSA, RHCE, CCENT, VMware VCP, AWS, Azure