IND Staff Engineer, Infrastructure - Linux Platform Engineer

The Hartford; Rangareddy; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hartford in Hyderabad—hybrid work model—is seeking a seasoned Linux Platform Engineer to join the Compute Chapter within the IaaS department. You will own Linux administration, automation, and incident handling across private and public clouds, guiding junior engineers and improving operational excellence.

The role emphasizes CIS hardening, patching, performance tuning, and integration with CI/CD, monitoring, and enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• Linux administration on RHEL/Ubuntu/Amazon Linux.
• Shell scripting with Bash and Python.
• Automation/CM using Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
• Hardening, patching, CIS benchmarks experience.
• Virtualization and cloud platforms (VMware, AWS, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Install/configure/maintain Linux OS across private/public clouds.
• Manage provisioning, patching, upgrades, decommissioning.
• Monitor health, performance, availability, capacity with observability tooling.
• Troubleshoot incidents; perform root-cause analysis for Linux infra.

Skills

Linux administration

Shell scripting

Automation & CM

Cloud & virtualization

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Splunk

Dynatrace

VMware

Job description

Job Title: Linux Platform Engineering

Location: Hyderabad India (Hybrid)

Department: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Reports To: Infrastructure as a Service Team

Years of Experience: 6-9 yrs

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated engineer to serve in our Compute Chapter supporting Linux Platforms. This role is ideal for a seasoned professional with deep expertise in Linux administration, OS hardening, patching, performance tuning, automation, and enterprise platform operations across a large scale environment. The ideal candidate will guide junior engineers and drive operational excellence across Linux infrastructure services.

Key Responsibilities

Linux Administration

• Install, configure, and maintain Linux operating systems across private and public cloud environments
• Manage system lifecycle activities including provisioning, patching, upgrades, technology currency, and decommissioning
• Monitor Linux platform health, performance, availability, and capacity through automation and enhanced observability capabilities
• Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis for Linux platform incidents and recurring problems
• Implement Linux security hardening and compliance standards including CIS benchmark alignment where applicable
• Manage user access, permissions, authentication, SSH, sudo, LDAP, and Active Directory integration

Automation & Orchestration

• Build and maintain automation scripts and frameworks using Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent tools
• Automate recurring Linux operational tasks including provisioning, patching, monitoring, reporting, and remediation
• Integrate Linux environments with enterprise automation platforms, observability toolsets, and CI/CD pipelines

24x7 Operations & Incident Management

• Support 24x7 Linux operations including software patching, technology currency, and vulnerability management
• Oversee incident response, root cause analysis, problem management, and service restoration for Linux infrastructure services

Mentorship & Collaboration

• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Windows, storage, backup, network, security, and application teams

Operational Excellence

• Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and compliance of Linux server environments
• Develop reporting and service health metrics that improve operational visibility and accountability

Qualifications

• Strong Linux administration experience with RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, or equivalent Operating Systems
• Shell scripting experience with Bash; Python
• Configuration management and automation experience with Ansible, Terraform, Satellite, or equivalent tools
• Strong understanding of system services and internals including systemd, cron, filesystems, LVM, package management, and kernel parameters
• Linux patching, vulnerability remediation, hardening, and technology currency experience
• Networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, load balancing, and firewalls
• Logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace
• Experience with virtualization and/or cloud platforms including VMware, Nutanix, AWS, or GCP

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