Linux System Administrator Contract Jobs in Rochester, NY

Description

seeking a Senior Red Hat Linux Engineer / Technical Manager to take ownership of its enterprise RHEL platform supporting a large, enterprise healthcare environment. This is a technical leadership role—not people management. The ideal candidate is someone who has directed technology platforms, driven standards, and executed complex engineering work in large scale environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Red Hat Platform Ownership — Lead the engineering, lifecycle management, and reliability of the client’s enterprise RHEL environment.

• System Build & Automation — Build, configure, patch, and upgrade RHEL systems supporting mission critical EPIC workloads.

• Ansible Automation — Develop and maintain automation using Ansible (playbooks, roles, configuration management).

• Scripting & Tooling — Create and maintain Bash/Python scripts to support automation, monitoring, and operational efficiency.

• Enterprise Reliability — Ensure uptime and performance for systems supporting thousands of concurrent EPIC users.

• Technical Leadership — Guide platform direction, influence standards, and collaborate with cross functional teams.

• Knowledge Transfer — Work closely with the retiring engineer to absorb institutional knowledge and ensure continuity.

Skills

RHEL, redhat, RedHat Enterprise, Ansible, bash, Grafana, Epic, Automation, Python, Openshift

Top Skills Details

RHEL,redhat,RedHat Enterprise,Ansible,bash

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Expertise — Strong hands on experience with RHEL administration, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.

• Ansible — Experience with Ansible for automation, configuration management, or infrastructure-as-code.

• Scripting — Proficiency in Bash; Python scripting is a strong plus.

• Enterprise Scale Operations — Background supporting large, high availability environments with strict SLAs.

• Virtualization — Experience with enterprise virtualization platforms (VMware or similar).

• Storage Awareness — General understanding of SAN concepts (IBM SVC experience is a plus, not required).

• Professional Traits — Self directed, accountable, able to manage workload independently, and comfortable owning platform level responsibilities.

Nice to Have Skills

• EPIC Infrastructure Exposure — Experience supporting EPIC environments or healthcare systems.

• Automation Strategy — Ability to help the client continue maturing its automation footprint.

• Python Development — For deeper automation and tooling.

Experience Level

Expert Level

This is a Contract position based out of Rochester, NY.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $58.00/hr.

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 hybrid position in Rochester,NY.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 1, 2026.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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