Linux Engineer/Devops Engineer (Python Automation/On-Prem Linux Is A Must) USC Or Green Card A Must
Career DevelopersHouston, TX
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Career Developers Inc., a distinguished staffing and consulting firm, is proud to celebrate 30 years of service excellence. As a GSA Contract holder, we offer comprehensive staffing solutions for both commercial and government sectors nationwide. By selectively partnering with clients who share our values, we ensure productive collaborations that set us apart in the industry. Our dedication to candidates involves managing expectations with precision through business intelligence, thorough interview preparation, transparent communication, and exceptional feedback throughout the process.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Linux Engineer/DevOps Engineer (Python Automation/On-Prem Linux is a MUST)Location: Houston, Texas OR Boston, Massachusetts – on-site 4 days a weekSalary: Very generous Salaries will be paid to exceptional candidatesThis is NOT a cloud-based DevOps position. This is an on-prem, Linux Systems Engineering role that uses DevOps practices heavily. Must have a strong automation coding backtground to be considered for this role. Please note, these are all full time, on-site positions. C2C is not an option.Overview- We are seeking multiple DevOps Engineers (4–10 years experience) with strong Python automation, Linux engineering, and on-premise DevOps platform backgrounds.
- Ideal candidates will come from cloud services companies, high-technology companies, platform/infrastructure engineering teams, or compute-intensive environments.
- All roles require a mix of operations and development, a strong focus on automation, and the ability to work with complex, enterprise-scale production systems.
- Strong Python development for automation
- Expert-level Linux engineering/administration
- Hands-on on-premise DevOps experience (not cloud-only)
- Experience supporting large enterprise environments
- Strong understanding of CI/CD workflows and DevOps methodologies
- Ability to collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and Platform teams
- Titles that align with: DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, SRE, Infrastructure Engineer
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining on-premise platform services
- Automating operational tasks using Python and configuration management tools
- Improving platform reliability, scalability, and observability
- Working with containerization, orchestration, CI/CD tooling, and Linux systems
- Monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing high-capacity distributed systems
- Supporting production environments (remote support rotation varies by team)
- Providing technical guidance to junior engineers and contributing to platform standards
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 4–10 years of DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Linux Engineering experience
- Python development experience for advanced automation
- Strong Linux administration (system internals, troubleshooting, performance tuning)
- Experience with Git, CI/CD, and modern development workflows
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Podman, or similar)
- Experience with configuration management (Ansible preferred; Puppet or Chef a plus)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, high-scale technical environment
- Experience with orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Slurm, Airflow, Prefect)
- Experience with Terraform or other IaC tools
- Experience with observability systems (Prometheus, Elasticsearch, Grafana)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins)
- Experience with large-scale storage, compute, or distributed systems
- Strong experience with Kubernetes (K8s) cluster maintenance, operations, and troubleshooting
- Linux engineering expertise for compute-intensive environments
- Strong Python automation; transitioning toward Ansible
- Experience with Chef or Puppet is a plus
- Hybrid/on-prem environment (not cloud-native)
- Ability to support a rotating remote on-call schedule (daytime, ~every 2 months)
- Must have both operations and development experience
- Strong expertise with PostgreSQL (must-have)
- Experience with MongoDB (nice to have)
- Strong Linux and Ansible background
- Heavy Python automation experience
- Experience supporting Database-as-a-Service (DaaS) platforms
- Ability to manage and automate environments with hundreds of database instances
- Exposure to very large-scale data footprints (terabytes to petabytes)
- Strong experience with GitLab, Bitbucket, or similar tools
- CI/CD pipeline architecture, maintenance, and optimization
- Strong Linux and Python automation
- Experience automating developer workflows, build systems, and integration tooling
- Experience supporting engineering teams in a platform-as-a-service capacity
- Strong experience with Kafka, Kafka clusters, or Kafka tooling automation
- Python automation, Linux engineering, and DevOps best practices
- Experience managing distributed messaging systems
- Experience implementing monitoring, scaling, and automation around data pipelines
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