Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day operational support for Linux systems, including troubleshooting, maintenance, and upgrades.
• Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure system availability and performance.
• Collaborate with architecture teams to design, validate, and implement new system installations and configurations.
• Lead the containerization efforts for Datacenter services (Docker, OpenShift).
• Offer guidance on capacity planning and future infrastructure needs.
• Drive the automation and orchestration of Linux environments using tools like Tanium, Orchestrator, and configuration management platforms.
• Implement and manage configuration management using Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, or DSC.
• Develop and maintain scripts using PowerShell, Bash, or Python for automation and operational tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Linux system administration.
• 2+ years of experience with virtualization platforms (VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V).
• Proven experience in converged infrastructure design and configuration.
• Cluster management experience with SLES and/or Red Hat.
• Proficiency with vCenter or Nutanix management tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a technical team.

Preferred

• Experience with enterprise storage technologies (Dell/EMC, NetApp) and replication solutions.
• Familiarity with storage protocols such as CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, and FC.
• Experience with Cisco networking and server products, including UCS servers.
• Understanding of core networking concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, and switching.
• Experience with both VMware hypervisors and UCS bare-metal deployments.
• Strong documentation skills, including the creation of runbooks and environment overviews.
• Experience with Azure IaaS, PaaS, and automation tools.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools: Terraform, Packer, ARM templates, CloudFormation.
• Exposure to enterprise service bus (ESB) platforms.

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