Linux Support Administrator, 2
On-siteBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Provision and decommission servers, manage IP allocations, install applications, and provide end-to-end server support while ensuring system performance and operational stability. Analyze technical requirements based on stakeholder interactions, execute proof of concepts, and resolve escalated incidents and system issues. Monitor performance to ensure compliance with SLAs and timelines, perform inventory audits, manage periodic backups, and document technical standards, procedures, and best practices. This role requires expertise in system administration, scripting, cloud technologies, and troubleshooting distributed systems, including advanced support for single and distributed systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree (B.E/B.Tech)
- 5–7 years of relevant server-side experience
- Experience with scripting and automation, including Ansible playbooks
- Strong expertise in Linux (RedHat 6, 7, 8) and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or newer
- Proficiency in Bash, AWK, SED, Regular Expressions, XML/Markup, and PowerShell
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP protocol suite (TCP, UDP, IP, ICMP, Telnet, NFS, CIFS, SMB, HTTP, LDAP, NTP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, FTP, SNMP)
- Experience with x86 hardware platforms (HP, Dell, Cisco), storage systems, and related infrastructure
- Knowledge of open-source technologies including Apache, Tomcat, Samba, ISC BIND, DHCP, Git, OpenSSL, GNU utilities, Zabbix, and Nagios
- Understanding of file systems (Ext3, Ext4) and RAID concepts
- Knowledge of cloud and virtualization technologies including AWS (EC2, EBS, S3, ELB, CloudFormation), Nutanix, VMware (vSphere, ESXi, VMFS, vCenter)
- Familiarity with Puppet
- Understanding of data protection and security concepts
- Strong problem-solving and debugging abilities
- Ability to manage complex infrastructure environments
- Strong documentation and communication skills
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