Linux Systems Administrator (Senior)
About the role
Missions
RESPONSIBILITIES
Work as an integral member of an agile-organized team delivering Unix operational support and infrastructure projects
Follow up on client requests and incidents, acting as a trusted business partner with full transparency and accountability
Participate in Follow-the-Sun support, covering Europe and Asia
Propose innovative, scalable, and industrialized solutions to automate repetitive tasks and improve overall team efficiency
Actively participate in enterprise-wide automation initiatives by collaborating with multiple feature teams
Manage activities in accordance with ITIL framework (Change Management, Incident/Request Management)
Onboard team operational routines and participate in planned overtime operations at least once per month
Work closely with the Bangalore-based Level 1 support team to continuously optimize service delivery
Strengthen expertise in agile practices, with Scrum at the core of team organization
Contribute to API design and development to automate IT operations (strong Python expertise required)
Collaborate in the design and delivery of feature team products, providing technical insight and architectural perspective
Support a large-scale environment of 2,500+ servers
Profile
REQUIREMENTS
Mandatory
Advanced expertise in Linux Server Operating Systems (RHEL): administration, lifecycle management, hardening, and performance tuning
Strong troubleshooting skills at kernel, process, memory, and I/O levels
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Zabbix, Prometheus, custom health checks)
Development and scripting skills (Python, Bash, Ansible, Puppet)
Experience with production-grade automation, API integrations, and tooling
Knowledge of volume management (LVM, multipathing) and filesystem tuning (XFS, ext4)
Puppet expertise: modular design, Hiera, environment management, large-scale configuration enforcement
Experience with cloud-based technologies (hybrid architectures, provisioning, integration)
Proficiency with Red Hat Identity Management (IdM), LDAP integration, authentication and authorization workflows
Knowledge of enterprise hardware (HP/DELL x86), including firmware, BIOS, RAID
Strong understanding of TCP/IP and related services (LDAP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, NFS) and troubleshooting of complex dependencies
Experience with enterprise backup platforms (e.g., NetBackup), restore validation, and disaster recovery readiness
Knowledge of SAN, Fibre Channel storage, NFS, and multipath I/O configuration
Understanding of high availability clustering and failover mechanisms
Experience with patch management, compliance, and vulnerability remediation
Strong skills in incident root cause analysis (RCA) and production problem management
Experience contributing to open-source projects (e.g., GitHub), including code reviews and documentation
Bilingual (required)
Nice to have
Experience with Red Hat Satellite (content views, lifecycle environments, patch management at scale)
Knowledge of Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash) for centralized logging
Experience with Software Factory tooling (e.g., Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines) and Continuous Delivery practices
Knowledge of OpenStack (compute, networking, storage, operations)
CGI provides a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this position. The calculation of this range depends on various factors, including skill level, geographic market, experience, education, as well as professional licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions are based on the specifics of each individual case. A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this position is between $80,000 and $115,000.
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