Linux & Cloud Engineer With Azure AKS & Terraform

5 - 7 Years
1 Opening
Trivandrum

Linux & Unix Systems Administration

• Administer, configure, and troubleshoot Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).

• Perform advanced LVM operations: creation, resizing, snapshots, expansion, and tuning.

• Manage Solaris environments including patching, SMF/service management, and performance monitoring.

• Monitor system health, logs, and support capacity planning activities.

Automation & Configuration Management

• Develop and maintain automation workflows using Ansible and Ansible Tower / AWX.

• Build reusable playbooks, roles, and templates for provisioning, configuration, and patching.

• Automate compliance checks, system baselines, and configuration policies.

Cloud & DevOps (Azure Focus)

• Manage core Azure services including:

  • Virtual Machines

  • Storage Accounts

  • Virtual Networks

  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)

• Build, optimize, and support Azure DevOps Pipelines (CI/CD) for deployment, testing, and releases.

• Administer Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS):

  • Node pool lifecycle management

  • Upgrades & patching

  • Monitoring (logs, metrics)

  • Workload management & ingress configuration

Infrastructure as Code

• Design and maintain scalable IaC solutions using Terraform.

• Implement best-practice Terraform workflows, reusable modules, and secure state management.

Operational Support

• Perform routine patching, backup, DR, and system hardening tasks.

• Troubleshoot production issues across on-prem and cloud environments.

• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation and act as an escalation point for critical issues.

• Collaborate closely with development, cloud, security, and network teams for end-to-end solution delivery.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5–9 years of hands-on experience in Linux administration.

• Strong knowledge of LVM, filesystems, storage, and backup frameworks.

• Proficiency with Ansible, Ansible Tower / AWX.

• Solid experience with Azure Cloud and Azure DevOps CI/CD.

• Hands-on experience managing AKS clusters.

• Strong IaC experience using Terraform.

• Proficiency in Bash/Shell scripting.

• Strong understanding of networking concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls.

Linux Administration,Ansible,Azure Cloud