Ansible Admin

Metlife; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Metlife in Pune, India, seeks an experienced Linux systems administrator to design, deploy, and support enterprise Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) using Ansible.

You will upgrade, provision, patch, harden, and operate across storage and network services, developing playbooks and automation while maintaining documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent work experience required.
• 4-6+ years of experience in all phases of enterprise installation and maintenance of hardware and software systems, network and operating systems and storage management.
• Strong understanding of storage area networks and enterprise infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and support enterprise Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Linux, Ubuntu) using Ansible.
• Plan and execute end-to-end RHEL version upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Perform server provisioning, patch management, system hardening, and lifecycle management.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation workflows for infrastructure management.
• Automate routine operational tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimization measures.
• Manage user accounts, permissions, PAM, LDAP, and access controls.
• Configure and support services such as DNS, NFS, Samba, SSH, Apache, and load balancers.
• Perform troubleshooting of OS, hardware, storage, networking, and application-related issues.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, vulnerability remediation, and audit requirements.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and knowledge base articles.
• Work with DB Teams to implement storage-related tasks.
• Follows procedures and uses approved tools for analysis and reporting.
• Participates in project planning for Linux server initiatives.
• Interface with hardware vendors for repair and maintenance.
• Provide on-call 24x7 support.
• Utilize Powershell and VBScript in support of automation of common day-to-day operations.

Skills

Ansible

Powershell

VBScript

Linux

LDAP

DNS

NFS

Samba

Apache

Load Balancers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ansible

Yaml

KVM

VBScript

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and support enterprise Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS, Linux, Ubuntu) using Ansible.
• Plan and execute end-to-end RHEL version upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime
• Perform server provisioning, patch management, system hardening, and lifecycle management
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and automation workflows for infrastructure management
• Automate routine operational tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimization measures
• Manage user accounts, permissions, PAM, LDAP, and access controls
• Configure and support services such as DNS, NFS, Samba, SSH, Apache, and load balancers
• Perform troubleshooting of OS, hardware, storage, networking, and application-related issues
• Ensure compliance with security standards, vulnerability remediation, and audit requirements
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and knowledge base articles.
• Work in conjunction with DB Teams to understand and implement the storage related tasks
• Follows operating procedures and utilizes established support tools for analysis and reporting requirements
• Actively participates in project planning to ensure timely and successful completion of projects assigned to Linux server team.
• Interfaces with hardware vendors to maintain and schedule repair of equipment in a timely manner and /or provide hardware repair and maintenance as required.
• Provide on-call 24 x 7 support
• Utilize Powershell and Vbscripts in support of automation of common day-to-day operations

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent work experience required.

Experience

• 4-6+ years of experience in all phases of enterprise installation and maintenance of hardware and software systems, network and operating systems and storage management

Knowledge and skills (general and technical)

• Good understanding of storage area networks as part of the overall network of computing resources for the enterprise
• Excellent knowledge of operating systems and subsystems, systems software, enterprise design and software and storage management
• Excellent knowledge of network hardware and software, infrastructure and design, topologies and protocols.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills, both verbal and in writing.
• Ability to foster strong partnerships with business customers, peer groups and vendors.
• Strong customer service focus.
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Takes a thorough, comprehensive, inquisitive, thoughtful, persistent and conscientious approach to assignments. Pays attention to details and ensures accuracy and high quality.
• Excellent writing and documentation skills.
• Ability to skillfully, knowledgeably and diplomatically represent the team, department or Company at meetings and conferences.
• Ability to play a vital role in high visibility assignments.
• Shares ideas and knowledge.

Other Requirements (licenses, certifications, specialized training – if required)

• Strong Powershell and VBscripting skills, Yaml
• Entensive experience in hardware for Linux