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About the Team

The Technical Infrastructure team designs, builds, and operates the foundational platforms that power Williams-Sonoma, Inc. across corporate offices, retail locations, fulfillment operations, and customer-facing digital experiences. This includes compute, containers, storage, networking, observability, security, and cloud infrastructure.

Within this organization, the Linux Engineering function is responsible for delivering secure, resilient, and automated Linux platforms and shared services at enterprise scale. The team partners closely with architecture, cybersecurity, cloud, database, application, and operations teams to provide reliable infrastructure and a strong engineering experience for internal customers.

About the Role

As Systems Engineer, Linux Platform, you will support the design, administration, automation, and lifecycle management of Williams-Sonoma's Linux environments. You will help maintain platform reliability, security, scalability, and operational efficiency across on-premises and cloud-hosted systems.

This role is ideal for a hands-on infrastructure engineer with strong Linux fundamentals, growing automation capabilities, and sound operational judgment. You will partner closely with senior engineers, architects, and support teams to deliver reliable platform services, improve day-to-day operations, and contribute to the continued evolution of Linux platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain enterprise standards for Linux platforms, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu and related tooling.

• Administer and support platform capabilities across OS lifecycle management, patching, repository services, configuration management, automation, and platform hardening.

• Monitor and optimize Linux platform performance through kernel, system, and application tuning based on capacity, reliability, and availability requirements.

• Contribute to automation and infrastructure-as-code practices across provisioning, configuration, patching, compliance, and operational workflows.

• Use AI-assisted engineering practices for personal productivity and continuous improvement, including proactive monitoring workflows, script development, and log analysis to accelerate troubleshooting, reduce manual effort, and improve operational insight.

• Support core Linux services and toolchains such as Satellite, Ansible, Kubernetes and related platform components.

• Partner with senior engineers and architects to evaluate technologies, participate in proof-of-concept efforts, and contribute input to the Linux platform roadmap.

• Gather technical requirements and help translate them into practical infrastructure designs and implementation plans.

• Collaborate closely with production support and operations teams to improve runbooks, handoffs, operational readiness, and incident response effectiveness.

• Create and maintain high-quality engineering documentation, including standards, build guides, implementation records, and operational procedures.

• Provide data and analysis on platform health, capacity, risk, and improvement opportunities.

• Share knowledge through documentation, collaboration, design reviews, and hands-on problem solving.

Criteria

• 3+ years of Linux systems engineering experience in enterprise or large-scale environments.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Strong Linux systems engineering experience within enterprise environments, including performance, security, lifecycle management, system hardening, access controls, and operational compliance requirements and troubleshooting.

• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and adjacent platform tooling for package management, patching, configuration, hardening, and automation.

• Hands-on experience with scripting and automation using Bash, Python, and other shell-based tooling.

• Demonstrated interest in responsibly using AI tools to strengthen personal engineering effectiveness, especially for drafting scripts, identifying patterns in logs and telemetry, and supporting faster root-cause analysis.

• Strong documentation, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to engineering and business stakeholders.

• A practical, collaborative mindset with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced engineering environment.

• Familiarity with observability, system monitoring, capacity planning, and service management practices.

• Experience participating in project delivery, including requirements analysis, implementation planning, execution, and stakeholder communication.

• This role requires being onsite in the Rocklin, CA office Monday through Thursday. 

Our Culture & Values 

We believe that taking care of our people is vital to our success and we strive to offer equitable and transparent practices for all. We prioritize connection, growth, and wellbeing. 

People First 

Putting People First means investing in overall well-being and opportunities to grow and advance within the organization. Depending on the position and location, here are a few highlights of what benefits may be available:

Benefits

• A generous discount on all WSI brands

• A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities

• Paid vacations, holidays, and time off to volunteer

• Health benefits, dental and vision insurance, including same-sex domestic partner benefits

• Tax-free commuter benefits

• A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health

Continued Learning

• In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University

• Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities 

• Resources for self-development

• Advisor (Mentor) program

• Career development workshops, learning programs, and speaker series 

WSI will not now or in the future commence an immigration case or "sponsor" an individual for this position (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration).

This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances.

The expected starting pay range for this position is $86,000 - $106,000. Applicable pay ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition to competitive pay, compensation may include a variety of other components like benefits, paid time off, merit, and bonus opportunities.

Our Company
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.