IND Staff Engineer, Infrastructure - Linux Platform Engineer

IND Staff Engineer, Infrastructure - GCC036

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Job Title: Linux Platform Engineering

Location: Hyderabad India (Hybrid)

Department: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Reports To: Infrastructure as a Service Team

Years of Experience: 6-9 yrs

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated engineer to serve in our Compute Chapter supporting Linux Platforms. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional with deep expertise in Linux administration, OS hardening, patching, performance tuning, automation, and enterprise platform operations across a large scale environment. The ideal candidate will guide junior engineers and drive operational excellence across Linux infrastructure services.

Linux Administration

Install, configure, and maintain Linux operating systems across private and public cloud environments

Manage system lifecycle activities including provisioning, patching, upgrades, technology currency, and decommissioning

Monitor Linux platform health, performance, availability, and capacity through automation and enhanced observability capabilities

Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for Linux platform incidents and recurring problems

Implement Linux security hardening and compliance standards including CIS benchmark alignment where applicable

Manage user access, permissions, authentication, SSH, sudo, LDAP, and Active Directory integration

Automation & Orchestration

Build and maintain automation scripts and frameworks using Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent tools

Automate recurring Linux operational tasks including provisioning, patching, monitoring, reporting, and remediation

Integrate Linux environments with enterprise automation platforms, observability toolsets, and CI/CD pipelines

24x7 Operations & Incident Management

Support 24x7 Linux operations including software patching, technology currency, and vulnerability management

Oversee incident response, root cause analysis, problem management, and service restoration for Linux infrastructure services

Mentorship & Collaboration

Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Windows, storage, backup, network, security, and application teams

Operational Excellence

Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and compliance of Linux server environments

Develop reporting and service health metrics that improve operational visibility and accountability

Strong Linux administration experience with RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, or equivalent Operating Systems

Shell scripting experience with Bash; Python

Configuration management and automation experience with Ansible, Terraform, Satellite, or equivalent tools

Strong understanding of system services and internals including systemd, cron, filesystems, LVM, package management, and kernel parameters

Linux patching, vulnerability remediation, hardening, and technology currency experience

Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, load balancing, and firewalls

Logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace

Experience with virtualization and/or cloud platforms including VMware, Nutanix, AWS, or GCP

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