Job Description
A fast-growing FinTech firm building secure, high-performance platforms that power real-time financial services, is looking for a hands-on Linux Team Lead to guide a team of engineers responsible for designing, maintaining, and scaling the Linux-based infrastructure.
You’ll combine deep technical expertise with leadership, helping shape strategy while staying close to the systems.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Linux engineers
• Design and maintain highly available, secure Linux environments
• Drive automation using infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools
• Oversee system performance, monitoring, and incident response
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Development teams to support production systems
• Define and enforce best practices for system reliability, patching, and compliance
• Participate in architecture decisions and capacity planning
Requirements
• 7+ years of experience administering Linux systems in production environments
• Prior experience in a leadership or senior technical role
• Strong knowledge of distributions such as RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, or Debian
• Proficiency in Python scripting
• Familiarity with tools like Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system performance tuning
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments is a plus
You’ll combine deep technical expertise with leadership, helping shape strategy while staying close to the systems.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Linux engineers
• Design and maintain highly available, secure Linux environments
• Drive automation using infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools
• Oversee system performance, monitoring, and incident response
• Collaborate with DevOps, Security, and Development teams to support production systems
• Define and enforce best practices for system reliability, patching, and compliance
• Participate in architecture decisions and capacity planning
Requirements
• 7+ years of experience administering Linux systems in production environments
• Prior experience in a leadership or senior technical role
• Strong knowledge of distributions such as RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, or Debian
• Proficiency in Python scripting
• Familiarity with tools like Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system performance tuning
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments is a plus
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Linux Team Lead position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in Chicago offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
