Senior Linux Engineer – Cloud & On-Premises

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Linux Engineer to own day‑to‑day operations and drive continuous improvement of enterprise Linux platforms and storage services across on‑premises data centres and cloud environments (OCI and Microsoft Azure). The role ensures stability, security and high availability while providing expert troubleshooting to cross‑functional teams.

Key responsibilities

• Install, configure and maintain Linux servers (RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS, AlmaLinux) and perform upgrades, patching and security hardening using tools such as Red Hat Satellite.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues and manage user access, permissions and system security.
• Deploy and manage Linux workloads on OCI (Compute, VCN, Block Volumes, File Storage, Load Balancer, IAM) and Azure (VMs, Virtual Networks, Managed Disks, Files, Backup, Entra ID).
• Implement backup, disaster‑recovery and high‑availability solutions using native OCI/Azure capabilities and enterprise backup tools.
• Administer physical and virtualised environments (VMware), including provisioning, lifecycle management and performance tuning.
• Manage enterprise storage platforms (SAN/NAS, NetApp ONTAP, HPE 3PAR, IBM storage) and configure Linux storage stack components (multipathing, LVM, udev, ext4, XFS).

Required profile

• Extensive experience in Linux system administration on both on‑premises and cloud infrastructures.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Database on Linux and ability to collaborate with database teams.
• Proven expertise with OCI and Azure services, including governance, tagging and patch orchestration.
• Hands‑on experience with VMware, SAN/NAS storage arrays and networking fabrics (Brocade or Cisco MDS).

Required skills

• Linux (RHEL, Oracle Linux, CentOS, AlmaLinux)
• Red Hat Satellite
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Microsoft Azure (VMs, Azure AD/Entra ID, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery)
• VMware virtualization
• Enterprise storage (NetApp ONTAP, HPE 3PAR, IBM storage)
• SAN/NAS, RAID, LUN provisioning, zoning/masking
• Linux storage stack (multipathing, LVM, udev, ext4, XFS)
• Oracle Database administration knowledge