Linux Architect

About the role

As a member of the Infrastructure Shared Services, the Linux Architect will represent their department towards the Business Units and project teams and will assure a determining role in the design, implementation and efficiency of virtual infrastructure solutions in Asia, specifically on RedHat technologies. This person will be positioned as a technical design authority in the organization, using their expertise for the highest level of escalation in case of problems. They must have deep knowledge in infrastructure technologies and RedHat features, and must be able to lead, operate and continuously improve environments distributed across 100+ servers throughout Asia.

Key responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise in the form of non-functional requirements to projects and strategic Linux initiatives
• Attend to ongoing compliance requirements and advise on Linux Infrastructure related security fixes, identification and treatment of platform risks (Kerberos, LDAP, Active Directory integration)
• Design and influence Architect team on Linux platform key decisions
• Work with vendors and provide Road Map strategy for all virtual platforms
• Select and implement tools (applications or scripts) to manage efficiently the Linux environment: automation of operations, supervision, application package deployment and upgrades
• Ensure stability, response time and operational consistency over the Linux Infrastructures
• Contribute to continuous-improvement cycle for all functional/operational matters relating to all Linux platforms
• Work closely with partner teams (Systems, Network and Security) to deliver best-of-breed customer service outcomes
• Serve as senior escalation point for all Linux-related technical matters globally across the organization
• Lead all problem records of Linux Platforms and own them till resolution

About you

• 10 years' experience in infrastructure, 7+ years of experience in Linux, layer 2/3 networking, and storage analysis and troubleshooting
• Minimum RHCE certified
• Extensive experience working with Linux automation in large scale in IaC format (e.g., Ansible, Azure/AWS APIs, Terraform)
• Experience in managing Microsoft Azure based cloud platforms
• Extensive experience with Linux deployment in large scale
• Extensive knowledge in at least one of the major UNIX/Linux scripting languages (Shell/Perl/Python)
• Enterprise Linux administration skills, preferably based on RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Debian/Ubuntu LTS
• Experience with Linux virtualization, especially QEMU (Linux KVM)
• Extensive experience in automation of Linux system monitoring (e.g. Zabbix/Nagios/Prometheus/Icinga/Cacti)
• Self-motivated, eager to learn in the IT profession, team player able to work with people within and outside of the IT department
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written; English speaking mandatory