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Vultr

Linux Systems Administrator

$60K - $75K/yr

... 500 stipend for remote office setup in first year + $400 each following year * Internet ... Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or similar * Experience with ...

Mastech Digital

Systems Engineer

Cleveland, OH · Remote

$70 - $75/hr

Remote Salary: $70.00-$75.00/Hourly Role: System Engineer Primary Skills: Linux Role Description ... Linux, bash, YAML - Container orchestration and deployment - AWS - Relational databases ...

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As of Jul 19, 2026, the average hourly pay for remote linux bash in the United States is $47.12, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $46.63 and $47.60 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Remote Linux Bash vs Remote Linux System Administrator?

AspectRemote Linux Bash
Required SkillsProficiency in Bash scripting, Linux command line, basic system troubleshooting
Work EnvironmentPrimarily scripting and automation tasks, often freelance or project-based
CertificationsNone mandatory, but Linux or scripting certifications helpful
Industry UsageUsed across IT, DevOps, and automation roles for scripting tasks

Remote Linux Bash focuses on scripting, automation, and command-line skills, often as a freelance or project-based role. In contrast, a Remote Linux System Administrator manages entire Linux systems, requiring broader knowledge of system management, security, and network configuration. While both roles work remotely and require Linux expertise, the System Administrator role involves more comprehensive system oversight, whereas Bash specialists focus on scripting and automation tasks.

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Infographic showing various Remote Linux Bash job openings in the United States as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 2% Locum Tenens, 90% Full Time, 3% Part Time, and 5% Contract. Highlights an 83% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 12% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $98,000 per year, or $47.1 per hour.
Linux and AWS Technical Operations Engineer - Work From Home

Linux and AWS Technical Operations Engineer - Work From Home

Next Step Systems

Des Plaines, IL • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 12 days ago

Job description

Linux and AWS Technical Operations Engineer - Work From Home
This is a 100% Remote Linux and AWS Technical Operations Engineer opportunity. Candidates located in the Chicago area is a plus.
The Linux and AWS Technical Operations Engineer will have a wide variety of responsibilities and skills that compliment a hosting environment designed with security and stability in mind. This role will be responsible for the implementation and maintenance of infrastructure within the data centers and public clouds. This is a hands-on position that requires complete transparency and trust.
Responsibilities:
- Highest level of Linux Administration and Engineering for internal and external infrastructure.
- Administration of Linux operating systems.
- Administration of LAMP/LEMP environments.
- Deploying mass system security updates with automation in mind.
- Consulting services related to Magento and Cloud Hosting solutions.
- Work directly with high stakes customers to ensure success.
- Monitor customer communication channels to meet SLA requirements.
- Participate in Slack and ticketing systems to support customers.
- Field escalated support requests by telephone, email and ticketing system.
- Work within a project management system that focused on completing and documenting projects that are assigned outside of the escalated support queue.
- Troubleshooting of local and remote Linux operating system environments concentrating on a LAMP/LEMP stack.
- Operate and maintain infrastructure deployment systems using such as Cobbler, Ansible, etc.
- Support Linux multi-tenant, virtual, and dedicated platforms focusing on web hosting.
- Manage the provisioning and deployment of internal, multi-tenant, virtualized, and dedicated platforms.
- Investigate abuse and security vulnerabilities while creating and documenting policies related to Linux security.
- Utilize monitoring solutions such as Nagios, Icinga2, Cacti, Observium, and Cloudwatch.
- Assist the infrastructure team with predictive asset allocation with load testing.
- Build on current AWS infrastructure design and architecture to provide a high availability mission critical hosting platform.
- Management of customer migrations onto the company's network.
- Design and management of disaster recovery solutions.
Qualifications:
- 5 years in Linux system administration.
- 3 years in AWS hosting management.
- Must know how to build Ansible, Puppet or Shell Automation pPlays.
- Must have experience with DevOps.
- Deploying bare metal infrastructure using automated tools such as Cobbler and Ansible.
- Creating automation using bash or python.
- Engineering Linux based hosting solutions.
- Monitoring Cloud and data center based infrastructure.
- Deploying automated Linux kernel and system updates.
- Troubleshooting Magento based ecommerce solutions.
Preferred Skills:
Languages: Bash, Python, JavaScript, React
- Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, OSX
- Application Management: Apache, NGINX, HAProxy, Varnish, MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres, Virtuozzo, OpenVZ, Cacti, Elasticsearch Logstash Kibana (ELK), Docker, KVM, cPanel, Magento, WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal, Cobbler, Ansible, Git, Bitbucket, Asterisk, FreePBX, Redis, Memcache, CloudFlare, NFS, Firewall, Iptables, SELinux, Samba, Kubernetes, Drone, Jenkins
- Infrastructure Management: Automation, Kickstart, Load Balancing, DNS, TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP, DHCP, LVM, TFTP, Icinga2, Nagios, Observium, Cacti, New Relic, AWS, EC2, RDS, ELB/ALB, S3, EFS, Elasticache, Elasticsearch, Route53
Benefits include medical insurance, retirement plan, PTO, etc. Salary: 80K+ DOE. Keywords: Des Plaines IL Jobs, Linux and AWS Technical Operations Engineer, Linux, AWS Hosting Management, Infrastructure, Cobbler, Ansible, Bash, Python, Engineering Linux, Cloud, Data Center, Linux Kernel, Magento, eCommerce Solutions, Remote, Work From Home, Illinois Recruiters, IT Jobs, Illinois Recruiting
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