IND Staff Engineer, Infrastructure - Linux Platform Engineer
The Hartford
India GCC-Puppalaguda VillagePosted 4 days agoDiscoveredMatch locked
Full time6+ years exp
About the role
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
Overview
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
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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
Qualifications
- 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
About Us | Our Culture | What It's Like to Work Here
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Skills
linuxansiblebashpythonterraformawsgcpsplunkci-cd
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