The Lead Linux Platform Engineer will be a critical member of the Global Linux Server Platform team at Ecolab, Inc. This position is in a high-paced and demanding environment which requires clear time management skills, self-directed organizational skills, and attention to detail. Additionally, the ideal candidate is a self-starter, self-disciplined with their work, and often going above and beyond what is needed/requested. Furthermore, as a global company, this role will work alongside many IT associates with a multi-cultural and multi-lingual background with English as a second language.
What You Will Do:
- Technical lead for our Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). Create and maintain AAP playbooks for automated disaster recovery and Linux operational work.
- Provide operational support of the companies ~600 Linux based servers. This includes both OnPrem and Cloud based servers. Including
- Provide server admin support related to resolving break/fix type incidents in the team queue
- Install, configure, upgrade, patch and maintain Linux servers, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize resource utilization.
- Work closely with network engineers, SAP engineers, database administrators, and application developers.
- Participate in major IT projects related to the Linux platform.
- Participating in Security, Vulnerability and Patching related initiatives for Linux Platform
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- 8 years of IT experience
- 5 years of UNIX (SLES and RHEL Linux, AIX a plus) Server experience
- 5 years of Ansible experience.
- Flexibility to work nights and weekends, participating in on-call rotations
- Expertise in Creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks.
- Expertise in SLES, RHEL and AIX OS support
- Proficiency in shell scripting and automation.
- Experience with Azure
- No Immigration Sponsorship available
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with SUSE Multi-Linux Management
- Experience with containers and Kubernetes
- Experience with supporting SLES for SAP.
- GCP and AWS Cloud experience.
Annual or Hourly Compensation Range
Benefits
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- Undergo additional background screens and/or drug/alcohol testing for customer credentialing.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- 8 years of IT experience
- 5 years of UNIX server experience, including SLES and RHEL Linux; AIX is a plus
- 5 years of Ansible experience
- Flexibility to work nights and weekends and participate in on-call rotations
- Expertise creating and maintaining Ansible playbooks
- Expertise supporting SLES, RHEL, and AIX operating systems
- Proficiency in shell scripting and automation
- Experience with Azure
- Experience with SUSE Multi-Linux Management
- Experience with containers and Kubernetes
- Experience supporting SLES for SAP
- GCP and AWS cloud experience
Ecolab Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ecolab and has not been reviewed or approved by Ecolab.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the company provides strong retirement programs, including a 401(k) with employer matching and a pension, alongside options like an employee stock purchase plan. Offerings such as retiree healthcare benefits and diverse investment choices reinforce long-term financial support.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is broad, with HSA plan options and company contributions, prescription benefits, dental and vision, and virtual care and mental health support. Company-paid wellness programs and income protection (short- and long-term disability, life and accident) further strengthen core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused programs include fertility support, adoption assistance, and paid parental leave, complemented by counseling and resource services. These offerings are positioned as supportive of employee well-being across different life stages.
Ecolab Insights
What We Do
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com, or follow us on twitter.com/ecolab, facebook.com/ecolab or instagram.com/ecolab_inc.
