Engineering Tech, R&D
Title: Engineering Tech, R&DLocation: St. Paul, MNDuration: 4 MonthsShifts: 8am - 6pm100% OnsiteSummary: The R&D Tech Engineer will support On-premises infrastructure and applications and needs to have deep Linux administration expertise, strong documentation and a reliability-first mindset. The candidate will closely interact with application development, cybersecurity, networking, and operations teams to improve product and development environment reliability, deployment efficiency, and platform resilience.Required SkillsPerform Linux OS provisioning, patching, upgrades, kernel updates, and lifecycle management.Dependency Diagram, Data-flow diagrams, sequence diagramsMonitoring to include Syslog, Splunk, ELKNetwork filers- NFSv4 and Kerberos based ACL for file shares and network storage device DB Backups and config.Virtualization expertise to include Proxmox and RedHat virt-whoNice To Have SkillsNagios / Zabbix /Grafana - Develop dashboards, alerts, and operational runbooks.CIFS and SMB and network mounting of folders across windows and LinuxDNS. DHCP, TCP/IP Networking Administer, maintain, and optimize RHEL environmentsGPU passthrough on virtual machines to allow GPU specific applicationsPerforce, GitSupport audit, compliance, and governance requirements.Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to address risks and maintain security baselines.Participate in an on-call schedule and respond to infrastructure related incidents and service disruptions.Soft SkillsExcellent written and verbal communication – Documentation and diagrams (preferred)Continuous improvement and automation mindset with root-cause remediationAbility to follow documentation and record steps for validationExcellent team playerEducation Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting PeriodMedical and Prescription Drug PlansDental PlanVision PlanHealth Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)Supplemental Life InsuranceShort Term Disability (coverage varies by state)Long Term DisabilityCritical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident InsuranceMetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance401(k)Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional and branded generic medicines.Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.