Senior System Engineer(Linux)

Senior System Engineer (Linux)

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior System Engineer (Linux) to manage, secure, automate, and optimize enterprise Linux environments across on-premises, VMware, AWS, and private cloud platforms. The role involves ensuring system availability, performance, security, disaster recovery readiness, and operational excellence while supporting business-critical applications and infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

Linux Infrastructure & Cloud

• Administer and support RHEL and Amazon Linux servers across physical, virtual, AWS, and private cloud environments.

• Manage OS installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, storage, filesystems, and server lifecycle activities.

• Support infrastructure services including DNS, NTP, SMTP, SSH, certificates, and authentication services.

• Perform performance tuning, capacity planning, monitoring, and availability management.

• Maintain and troubleshoot Linux-based application platforms such as Apache Tomcat and middleware services.

• Support monitoring and observability tools including Grafana, Prometheus, and CloudWatch.

Security & Automation

• Execute patching, vulnerability remediation, OS hardening, access reviews, and certificate management.

• Investigate system and authentication logs and support security compliance initiatives.

• Automate operational tasks using Bash, Python, Ansible, and AWS Systems Manager.

• Maintain system documentation, asset records, and audit-related information.

• Adhere to IT governance, security, and compliance standards.

Backup, Recovery & Resilience

• Manage Linux storage, backup solutions, recovery processes, and disaster recovery activities.

• Conduct backup verification and restoration testing.

• Support high availability, business continuity, and after-hours operational support when required.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Create and maintain SOPs, runbooks, build standards, and technical documentation.

• Identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and operational improvements.

• Prepare technical reports, incident updates, and root-cause analysis documentation.

Requirements

Education & Certifications

• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• Certifications such as RHCSA/RHCE, AWS, VMware VCP, Microsoft, or ITIL are an advantage.

Experience

• 3-6 years of hands-on Linux System Administration or Infrastructure Engineering experience.

• Strong experience with RHEL and Amazon Linux environments.

• Exposure to AWS, VMware, private cloud, storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.

• Experience with incident, change, patch, monitoring, and operational processes.

Technical Skills

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.

• Good knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, SMTP, storage, backup, clustering, HA, DR, and monitoring.

• Experience with scripting and automation tools (Bash, Python, Ansible, AWS Systems Manager).

• Familiarity with Linux security, access control, OS hardening, and vulnerability management.

• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.