Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Bare metal & storage)
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- DevOps
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- Senior
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Senior Linux infrastructure engineer in India with deep hands-on Linux administration, bare metal server, enterprise storage, Ceph, networking, Bash and Python experience. This is traditional infrastructure, not DevOps/cloud-native or CI/CD-focused work.
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**Job Overview :
We are looking for a highly experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in traditional Linux administration, bare metal infrastructure, and enterprise storage. This role is not focused on DevOps or cloud-native engineering. We already have a strong DevOps team and are looking for someone with extensive hands-on experience designing, building, administering, and troubleshooting large-scale Linux infrastructure.
Key Responsibility & Required Skills
- Expert-level Linux administration (Ubuntu required; Red Hat and SUSE preferred)
- Deep expertise in bare metal server deployment, architecture, and administration
- Strong understanding of server hardware, including BIOS, RAID, firmware, iLO/iDRAC/IPMI, NICs, HBA cards, and hardware troubleshooting
- Experience designing and administering enterprise Linux infrastructure
- Advanced Linux storage administration:
- LVM
- XFS, EXT4
- NFS
- iSCSI
- Fibre Channel SAN
- Multipath I/O
- Strong hands-on experience with Ceph, including:
- Cluster architecture
- MON, OSD, MDS
- RBD, CephFS, RGW
- Capacity planning
- Performance tuning
- Failure recovery
- Strong networking knowledge (bonding, VLANs, routing, MTU, DNS, DHCP)
- Experience with high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery
- Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux OS, hardware, networking, and storage
- Bash and Python scripting for automation
Nice to Have
- Kubernetes infrastructure (especially storage integration)
- VMware or KVM
- Ansible
- AWS/Azure exposure
We are not looking for
- Candidates whose experience is primarily CI/CD pipeline engineering
- Engineers focused mainly on Terraform, GitOps, or container platforms
- Cloud-only administrators with limited bare metal or infrastructure experience
Ideal candidate: Someone who has spent years running enterprise Linux environments, building servers from the hardware up, architecting storage platforms, and solving complex OS, hardware, and storage issues. DevOps experience is a plus, but traditional Linux infrastructure expertise is the primary requirement.
What you'll do
- Design, build, administer, and troubleshoot large-scale Linux infrastructure.
- Perform expert-level Linux administration.
- Deploy, architect, and administer bare metal servers.
- Troubleshoot server hardware, including BIOS, RAID, firmware, iLO/iDRAC/IPMI, NICs, and HBA cards.
- Design and administer enterprise Linux infrastructure.
- Administer advanced Linux storage, including LVM, XFS, EXT4, NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel SAN, and Multipath I/O.
- Work hands-on with Ceph cluster architecture, MON, OSD, MDS, RBD, CephFS, and RGW.
- Handle Ceph capacity planning, performance tuning, and failure recovery.
- Work with networking including bonding, VLANs, routing, MTU, DNS, and DHCP.
- Work with high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery.
- Troubleshoot issues across Linux OS, hardware, networking, and storage.
- Write Bash and Python scripts for automation.
What they require
- Highly experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in traditional Linux administration, bare metal infrastructure, and enterprise storage.
- Role is not focused on DevOps or cloud-native engineering.
- Expert-level Linux administration with Ubuntu required.
- Preferred: Red Hat and SUSE experience.
- Deep expertise in bare metal server deployment, architecture, and administration.
- Strong understanding of server hardware, including BIOS, RAID, firmware, iLO/iDRAC/IPMI, NICs, HBA cards, and hardware troubleshooting.
- Experience designing and administering enterprise Linux infrastructure.
- Advanced Linux storage administration.
- Strong hands-on experience with Ceph.
- Strong networking knowledge.
- Experience with high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux OS, hardware, networking, and storage.
- Bash and Python scripting for automation.
- Preferred: Kubernetes infrastructure, especially storage integration.
- Preferred: VMware or KVM.
- Preferred: Ansible.
- Preferred: AWS/Azure exposure.
- Not looking for candidates whose experience is primarily CI/CD pipeline engineering.
- Not looking for engineers focused mainly on Terraform, GitOps, or container platforms.
- Not looking for cloud-only administrators with limited bare metal or infrastructure experience.
- Ideal candidate has spent years running enterprise Linux environments, building servers from the hardware up, architecting storage platforms, and solving complex OS, hardware, and storage issues.
- DevOps experience is a plus, but traditional Linux infrastructure expertise is the primary requirement.
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