Senior Linux Systems Engineer

Job Overview

• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for Linux infrastructure and related technologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve operational and project objectives.
• Support scheduled maintenance activities, system upgrades, and infrastructure improvements.
• Participate in troubleshooting and resolving critical production issues.
• Execute operational tasks to ensure the availability and stability of enterprise systems.
• Manage service requests, incidents, problem records, and change requests using an IT service management (ITSM) platform.
• Participate in a 24/7 operational support and on-call rotation as required.

Qualifications

• Expert-level experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
• Strong experience with VMware infrastructure deployment, administration, and maintenance.
• Hands-on experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible, AWX, or Puppet.
• Experience working with enterprise job scheduling tools.
• Solid understanding of Linux security hardening, system performance tuning, and best practices.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in complex on-premises Linux environments.
• Proficiency in shell scripting and infrastructure configuration management.
• Experience with Solaris administration, including logical domains (LDOMs) or similar virtualization technologies, is an advantage.
• Knowledge of enterprise storage and volume management solutions is preferred.
• Exposure to Linux workloads running on AWS or Microsoft Azure is a plus.