DevOps Engineer

Innova Solutions•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Linux DevOps Engineer. This is a contract/FTE position with a duration of 12+ months, located in Chicago, IL 60661, with a hybrid work model requiring 3 days in the office. As a Linux DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure automation solutions using Ansible and Ansible Tower. You will develop, manage, and optimize Ansible playbooks for server provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks. The role involves supporting and maintaining Linux-based environments, ensuring stability, performance, and security. You will troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, configuration, deployment, and application-related issues, and manage system configurations, environment setup, and deployment activities across multiple environments. Collaboration with engineering, operations, and support teams is key to streamlining infrastructure processes and improving operational efficiency. Responsibilities also include analyzing and resolving networking-related issues (proxies, firewalls, load balancing, routing, connectivity), supporting infrastructure maintenance, upgrades, patching, and performance optimization. Automating repetitive operational tasks, improving system reliability through scripting and orchestration tools, monitoring system health, investigating incidents, and driving root cause analysis for production issues are also core duties. Additionally, you will assist with repository-based workflows, version control practices, and configuration management standards, support deployment and release activities while ensuring compliance with best operational practices, and document automation processes, system configurations, and operational procedures.

Requirements

Strong experience administering and supporting Linux/Unix operating systems.
Hands-on experience with Ansible, including creating and managing playbooks.
Experience with Ansible Tower/AWX for automation and orchestration.
Strong understanding of infrastructure concepts, including servers, networking, and operating systems.
Experience troubleshooting networking issues, including firewalls, proxies, DNS, and network connectivity.
Knowledge of infrastructure automation, configuration management, and deployment processes.
Ability to read, modify, and troubleshoot scripts written in Python, Bash/Shell, Go, or Java.
Experience supporting enterprise production environments.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

Someone from Linux System Engineer background
Heavy on Linux

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure automation solutions using Ansible and Ansible Tower.
Develop, manage, and optimize Ansible playbooks for server provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks.
Support and maintain Linux-based environments, ensuring stability, performance, and security.
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, configuration, deployment, and application-related issues.
Manage system configurations, environment setup, and deployment activities across multiple environments.
Collaborate with engineering, operations, and support teams to streamline infrastructure processes and improve operational efficiency.
Analyze and resolve networking-related issues involving proxies, firewalls, load balancing, routing, and connectivity.
Support infrastructure maintenance, upgrades, patching, and performance optimization efforts.
Automate repetitive operational tasks and improve system reliability through scripting and orchestration tools.
Monitor system health, investigate incidents, and drive root cause analysis for production issues.
Assist with repository-based workflows, version control practices, and configuration management standards.
Support deployment and release activities while ensuring compliance with the best operational practices.
Document automation processes, system configurations, and operational procedures.