IMC
Linux Engineer
$150K–$225K
Chicago, United States · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
About the job
Engineers and operates large-scale Linux infrastructure, building automation and provisioning tools and improving the reliability, performance, and visibility of IMC’s server fleet.
What you'll do
- Troubleshoot complex Linux issues and maintain system stability and performance across more than 10,000 bare-metal systems.
- Develop and maintain Python/Bash automation and improve configuration management and provisioning workflows.
- Extend fleet metrics, logging, monitoring, and alerting integrations.
What they ask for
- Hands-on Linux systems engineering, administration, and provisioning at scale.
- Python development for automation, APIs, design, testing, and debugging; Ansible playbook authorship and complex task automation.
- Configuration management at scale; RPM design/build/publishing and repository management; CI/CD and Git practices.
- Strong system and network troubleshooting, networking fundamentals, Docker image publishing, and working familiarity with Kubernetes.
Nice to have
- Bare-metal Linux experience; Puppet and Hiera.
- Exposure to Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager.
Pay
$150,000 — $225,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Python, Bash, Puppet, Hiera, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes
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