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apiphani

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11 - 50 employees

🏢 Enterprise

☁️ SaaS

🔐 Security

Enterprise • SaaS • Security

Apiphani is a technology-enabled services company dedicated to minimizing the risk and effort associated with managing mission-critical applications. The company provides a range of services including application support services, application technical management, application hosting, application infrastructure management, and security management and consulting. Their solutions incorporate industry-leading technology that leverages deep automation and machine learning to enhance efficiency and reliability. Apiphani partners with major cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and is known for its ability to reduce human error in administration and support activities, allowing senior engineers to focus on client business goals.

📋 Description

• Lead, develop, and scale a team of 8+ Linux Engineers, setting clear performance expectations and fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement • Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership across client environments, including systems performance management, capacity planning, and the delivery of proactive, value-added recommendations to clients • Act as a senior 'player-coach,' setting technical direction and standards while stepping in on complex, high-priority engagements spanning performance optimization, patching, problem management, automation and scripting, data protection (backup & recovery), HA configurations, and major upgrades • Own and continuously improve the incident, problem, and change management lifecycle; lead major incident reviews and root cause analyses and drive systemic corrective and preventive actions at program level • Champion a culture of automation and operational efficiency — identifying opportunities for tooling, scripting, and process innovation that reduces toil and improves service quality at scale • Build and develop engineering talent through structured coaching, mentoring, and career development planning; contribute to hiring decisions and team capability growth • Build trusted relationships with clients, peer managers, and senior stakeholders; act as a credible technical authority and proactive partner in strategic planning • Serve as the senior escalation point for production OS incidents, providing decisive technical leadership under pressure and clear communication to all stakeholders • Partner closely with Client Success Management to identify emerging client needs, surface growth opportunities, and contribute to account strategy and expansion • Collaborate with the Delivery Lead on capacity planning, scheduling, and resource allocation for client technical maintenance, upgrades, and project work • Lead or participate in regular client technical reviews and executive briefings, providing strategic recommendations and improvement roadmaps • Drive the creation and governance of comprehensive technical documentation, knowledge bases, and runbooks; ensure consistent standards across the team • There will be occasional evening work and one or two monthly weekend work events, either during the day or overnight • Lead ongoing review of workflows, SOPs, and operating practices, driving measurable improvements in efficiency and quality of service delivery • Own delivery against defined projects and programs; provide regular status reporting to leadership and clients, proactively managing risks and dependencies • Lead root cause analysis for complex, cross-functional incidents in collaboration with application and delivery teams, translating findings into lasting remediation

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Sciences, or equivalent work experience • 10+ years of experience in relevant hands-on systems engineering and administration in servers, networking, and operating systems; with heavy emphasis on Linux Server platforms and associated technologies • 10+ years of experience as an Linux engineer or manager in a service provider or advanced IT organization operating in a 24x7 environment • 3-5 years of management experience • Demonstrated leadership of delivery teams serving regulated industries — specifically A&D, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Satellite, or federal/state/international government clients • Solid understanding of IPv4 networking • Solid understanding of RHEL CLI • Comfort in cloud environments AWS and/or Azure including knowledge of how to manage virtual machines in the AWS or Azure environment • Practical Knowledge of how to use ad-hoc as well as playbooks for ansible • Solid understanding of how to manage users & groups • Extensive experience in the use of the vi editor • Extensive experience in the RHEL, Centos, or Alma/Rocky Linux environments • Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible preferred • Certifications from RedHat, SUSE are preferred • Great interpersonal and communication skills in order to work with team members and other managers • Ability to follow IT change management governance & process. • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, Deadline and detail-oriented, strong ownership bias • Experience with configuration management and automation tools • Familiarity with agile engineering practices (Kanban, continuous delivery, etc.) • Experience working in ITSM tools, ServiceNow preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision - 100% paid for employees, 50% paid for dependents • Life and disability - 100% paid for employees • 401K - 3% contribution, no employee contribution necessary • Education and tuition reimbursement - up to $50K annually • Accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity benefits offered through our providers • Employee Assistance Program • Legal assistance • Paid Time Off - up to 6 weeks per year • Sick Leave - up to 2 weeks per year • Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks