Remote Linux Systems Administrator Jobs in Illinois

Description (50%+ Travel to deployment sites)

This role sits within PremierOne Field Engineering and is responsible for deploying, migrating, and supporting public safety platforms (CAD, RMS, and related applications) running on customer-owned infrastructure.

The field engineer acts as a generalist across servers, virtualization, operating systems, networking, storage, and application deployment. Much of the work follows standardized deployment procedures, but success depends heavily on troubleshooting skills and the ability to work directly with customer technical teams.

The team stages and configures infrastructure, deploys applications, performs hardware refreshes and migrations, restores databases, validates system functionality, and supports customers through cutover and transition activities. Engineers typically own 1–2 projects at a time and travel periodically for onsite deployments and migrations.

What Success Looks Like:

Successful candidates are typically "jack of all trades" infrastructure engineers rather than deep specialists.

The strongest profiles have experience across:

• Windows Server, Virtualization / Hypervisors, SQL Server, Active Directory, Networking fundamentals, Application deployment

Our customer emphasized that they could teach product-specific knowledge, but they cannot teach foundational infrastructure troubleshooting.

Core Responsibilities

Deployment & Migration

• Stage and configure PremierOne infrastructure environments

• Load firmware, operating systems, virtual machines, and application components

• Deploy and support CAD and RMS platforms

• Execute hardware refresh and migration projects

• Perform customer cutovers and go-live activities

Systems Administration

• Configure and maintain virtualized server environments

• Support Windows Server infrastructure

• Manage data migration and SQL backup/restore activities

• Support Active Directory-related configurations

Infrastructure Support

• Validate storage, compute, networking, and security components

• Work with firewalls, switches, routing, and IP addressing

• Troubleshoot issues across hardware, operating systems, applications, and infrastructure

Customer Interaction

• Gather technical requirements from customer IT teams

• Interpret and apply networking information provided by customers

• Support customers through deployment, migration, and transition phases

• Communicate technical issues and resolutions effectively

Additional Skills & Qualifications

FIT:

• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to interpret logs, isolate root causes, and resolve complex infrastructure and application issues

• Customer-facing experience, including gathering technical requirements, validating environment details, and translating customer inputs into deployment and configuration activities

• Ability to work across multiple technologies as a well-rounded infrastructure generalist rather than a deep specialist in a single discipline

• Willingness to travel up to approximately 50% for customer deployments, migrations, and go-live support

Nice to Haves

• OpenShift / Red Hat; OpenShift exposure, Red Hat Linux experience, Kubernetes awareness, Experience supporting Linux-based virtualization platforms

• Storage & Infrastructure Platforms; HPE server environments, Storage administration, Enterprise infrastructure deployments

• Networking Vendors; Fortinet firewalls, Arista switches, Enterprise networking hardware

• Public Safety Applications; CAD systems, RMS systems, Public sector, government, or emergency services technology environments

• Field Deployment Experience; Rack-and-stack deployments, Hardware installation, Migration and cutover activities, Field engineering or systems deployment backgrounds

This is a Contract position based out of Chicago, IL.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $52.50/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 fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 21, 2026.

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

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

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

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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