Linux Administrator
Posted:
11 September 2026 (9 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
9 December 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Linux Administrator to manage maintain secure and troubleshoot enterprise Linux server environments. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with RHEL CentOS Ubuntu system administration patching storage networking monitoring security and automation.
Key Responsibilities
- Install configure administer and maintain Linux servers including RHEL CentOS Ubuntu and SUSE.
- Perform OS upgrades patch management vulnerability remediation and system hardening.
- Manage Linux users groups permissions sudo access SSH processes and services.
- Manage file systems partitions LVM disk utilization NFS and storage mounts.
- Monitor server availability performance capacity CPU memory disk and network utilization.
- Troubleshoot Linux OS application storage networking and authentication issues.
- Configure and manage services including SSH DNS DHCP NFS FTP Apache Nginx and Tomcat.
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for production incidents and resolve issues within defined SLAs.
- Manage package installation and updates using YUM DNF and APT.
- Develop and maintain Shell/Bash scripts to automate routine administrative tasks.
- Use Ansible for configuration management patching provisioning and automation.
- Support backup restore disaster recovery and high-availability activities.
- Configure and troubleshoot Linux networking including TCP/IP DNS routing firewalls and connectivity.
- Implement security controls including SELinux firewalld SSH hardening access controls and vulnerability remediation.
- Work with monitoring and logging tools such as Nagios Zabbix Grafana Prometheus or similar platforms.
- Support Linux environments running on VMware cloud platforms and virtual infrastructure.
- Participate in incident problem change and release management processes.
- Maintain SOPs runbooks configuration documentation and technical procedures.
Required Skills
- 4 years of hands-on Linux System Administration experience.
- Strong experience with RHEL / Red Hat Linux administration.
- Good knowledge of CentOS Ubuntu and/or SUSE Linux.
- Strong knowledge of Linux file systems LVM partitions permissions processes and services.
- Experience with Shell/Bash scripting.
- Hands-on experience with Ansible.
- Strong understanding of DNS DHCP TCP/IP SSH NFS and networking fundamentals.
- Experience with YUM/DNF/APT package management.
- Knowledge of SELinux firewalld systemd cron and log management.
- Experience with Linux patching upgrades hardening and vulnerability remediation.
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills.
- Experience supporting production environments and enterprise infrastructure.
Preferred Skills
- RHCSA / RHCE certification.
- Experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi.
- Experience with AWS Azure or GCP Linux workloads.
- Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Apache Nginx Tomcat or JBoss.
- Knowledge of Pacemaker/Corosync and Linux clustering.
- Experience with SAN/NAS RAID backup and disaster recovery.
- Exposure to Terraform Jenkins Git or CI/CD.
- ITIL/production support experience.