Linux Systems Engineer

About Medical Guardian :

Medical Guardian is a fast-growing digital health and safety company on a mission to help people live a life without limits. With 13 consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies, we’re redefining what it means to age confidently and independently.

We support over 625,000 members nationwide with life-saving emergency response systems and remote patient monitoring solutions. Trusted by families, healthcare providers, and care managers, our work is powered by a culture of innovation, compassion, and purpose.

Position Summary :

The Linux Systems Engineer is responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, and reliability of our Linux-based environment. This role focuses on proactive monitoring, process management, and system optimization, maintaining uptime and smooth operation across critical business applications.

Serving as a key bridge between the infrastructure, development, and managed service provider (MSP) teams, the Linux Systems Engineer will collaborate to triage issues, coordinate escalations, automate recovery and maintenance tasks, and improve visibility across systems. This position is central to maintaining a resilient environment today while building the technical foundation for our future state in the cloud.

As the organization continues migrating workloads to Azure, this role offers a clear growth path into cloud infrastructure, automation, and observability. The ideal candidate will not only strengthen current Linux operations but also evolve into a cloud or DevOps engineer, supporting the transition toward modern, scalable, and automated environments.

Key Responsibilities :

• System Monitoring & Incident Response

Monitor system and application health using tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Azure Monitor.

Maintain, configure, and optimize Linux systems (e.g., Ubuntu, CentOS, or Red Hat) across production and development environments.

Work closely with application, platform, and development teams to ensure seamless deployments and stable operations.

Ensure system configurations align with internal security policies and compliance standards.

Requirements :

Process management (ps, top, htop, etc.)

Virtual hosts, modules (e.g., mod_ssl, mod_rewrite)

Datadog, Prometheus, Nagios, Zabbix, Azure Monitor, or similar

Bash scripting for recurring tasks (share sample scripts if applicable)

Understanding of load balancing concepts (e.g., HAProxy, Nginx, or cloud-native load balancers)

Dockerfile creation and image management

Familiarity with at least one runtime : PHP, Node.js, or Python

Nice to Have :

Education / Experience :

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education and hands-on experience will be considered.

Work Hours and Travel Requirements :

Must be available to assist with troubleshooting and analysis during off-hours production issues, as needed. The IT Team works in a hybrid environment that requires a minimum of two days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday) in the Philadelphia office.