- Company Name
- Concept Plus, LLC
- Job Title
- Cloud Engineer - Linux Admin
- Job Description
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**Job title:** Cloud Engineer – Linux Admin
**Role Summary:**
Design, build, maintain, and optimize Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments with a focus on Linux systems. Support application migration, automation, security, scalability, performance, and disaster recovery. Collaborate with developers and product owners to deliver cloud solutions that meet operational and quality standards.
**Expectations:**
- Execute end‑to‑end cloud migration and infrastructure support for production applications.
- Automate Linux administration tasks via Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.
- Provide technical guidance, documentation, and knowledge transfer across teams.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, estimating, sprint planning, and daily stand‑ups.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Design, implement, and optimize OCI-based infrastructure for Linux workloads.
- Migrate applications to OCI, ensuring minimal downtime and performance compliance.
- Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Cloudbees Jenkins and Ansible.
- Manage security controls, load balancing, auto‑scaling, and cost‑management.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Linux performance, networking, and file‑system issues.
- Conduct acceptance testing, defect triage, and post‑migration validation.
- Document requirements, design decisions, and operational procedures.
- Estimate and decompose Epics and User Stories for sprint planning.
- Report progress, impediments, and risks in daily stand‑ups and demos.
**Required Skills:**
- Advanced Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) administration.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure architecture and services.
- Automation tools: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins.
- Scripting (Bash, Python) for system and process automation.
- Cloud‑native design principles and micro‑services best practices.
- Logging, auditing, and monitoring on Linux (e.g., syslog, journald).
- Agile project management (Scrum, JIRA).
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- US citizenship with an active Secret clearance.
- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent 8570‑B certification (e.g., CCNA/CCNP Security, CISSP, CISM).
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