Infrastructure Engineer

Our client is seeking a Linux Infrastructure Operations Engineer to support critical infrastructure across on-premises, AWS, and Kubernetes (EKS) environments. This role is approximately 50% operational support and 50% platform engineering, with a strong focus on Linux administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and infrastructure automation.

The engineer will serve as the first line of support for infrastructure-related issues, proactively monitoring system health, responding to alerts, performing OS upgrades, and maintaining core platform services. The ideal candidate will have strong Linux troubleshooting skills, experience with monitoring tools, and exposure to configuration management and automation technologies.

• -Serve as the first point of contact for Linux infrastructure incidents involving servers, storage, memory, networking, and system performance.
• -Monitor dashboards and alerting platforms to identify and resolve issues proactively.
• -Troubleshoot Linux systems through log analysis, diagnostics, and root cause investigation.
• -Perform operating system upgrades, patching, migrations, and post-upgrade health checks.
• -Support large-scale Linux environments running Red Hat and Ubuntu.
• -Maintain and support core infrastructure services including DNS, HashiCorp Vault, monitoring, alerting, and metrics collection platforms.
• -Respond to AWS and EKS-related alerts and assist with host and node troubleshooting.
• -Follow established runbooks and operational procedures while documenting completed work and providing regular status updates.
• -Support infrastructure automation and configuration management initiatives using tools such as SaltStack, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• -Partner with platform engineering teams to improve operational efficiency and platform reliability.

• -Experience with SaltStack, Ansible, or similar automation platforms.
• -AWS and Kubernetes/EKS experience.
• -Knowledge of HashiCorp Vault.
• -Experience supporting enterprise monitoring platforms such as Zabbix, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, or LogicMonitor.
• -Background in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract position based out of Foster City, CA.

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 13, 2026.

This is a hybrid position in Foster City,CA.

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