Infrastructure Engineer II

The Infrastructure Patching & Security Engineering team ensures the security, stability, compliance, and operational resilience of enterprise infrastructure platforms through proactive patch management, vulnerability remediation, security hardening, automation, and continuous improvement.

The team is responsible for maintaining secure and compliant Red Hat Linux, Windows environments by implementing enterprise patching strategies, addressing security vulnerabilities, reducing infrastructure risk, and ensuring adherence to organizational security standards.

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Windows Server, VMware, system administration, OS patching, vulnerability management, infrastructure security, automation, and scripting. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing enterprise-wide patching operations, remediating security vulnerabilities, troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues, and driving automation to improve patch compliance and operational efficiency.

Required Experience & Technical Skills

- 7 years of overall IT infrastructure, system administration, patch management, or infrastructure security engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience managing enterprise-wide operating system patching and vulnerability remediation across large-scale infrastructure environments.
- Extensive expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9 or later), including administration, patching, kernel upgrades, troubleshooting, and security hardening.
- Strong hands-on experience with Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 or later, including administration, security updates, patch deployment, and troubleshooting.
- Strong experience with VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, virtualization management, patching, and lifecycle operations.
- Hands-on experience with Linux patch management tools such as Red Hat Satellite, YUM, DNF, and RPM.
- Experience with Windows patch management platforms such as SCCM/MECM, WSUS, or equivalent enterprise tools.
- Strong understanding of vulnerability management processes and remediation using tools such as Qualys, Tenable, Rapid7, or equivalent platforms.
- Strong experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management using Ansible.
- Hands-on scripting experience using Python, Bash/Shell scripting, and PowerShell.
- Strong understanding of operating system security hardening, CIS benchmarks, vulnerability remediation, and patch compliance.
- Experience managing critical and high-severity security vulnerabilities and meeting defined remediation SLAs.
- Good understanding of enterprise networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewalls, and connectivity troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of enterprise storage technologies, filesystems, and infrastructure performance management.
- Experience with patching governance, change management, incident management, and ITIL processes.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across operating systems, infrastructure security, patching platforms, VMware, networking, and storage.
- Experience supporting large-scale production infrastructure in highly regulated environments.
- Strong communication, documentation, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
- Microsoft Windows Server or infrastructure certification.
- Red Hat Ansible Automation certification.
- Experience with Red Hat Satellite, Ansible Automation Platform, Microsoft Configuration Manager, and enterprise patch orchestration solutions.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow, CMDB, change management, and automated patch compliance reporting.
- Knowledge of CIS benchmarks, NIST security frameworks, and enterprise security compliance requirements.
- Experience implementing automated vulnerability remediation and infrastructure security controls.