IT Infra Administrator - Linux

Tata Electronics Limited; Assam; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Electronics Limited is seeking a hands-on Level 2 System Administrator to join our infrastructure operations team in India. You will maintain high availability across Tier 3 Data Center environments, focusing on core Linux administration, VMware virtualization, and Windows Server ecosystems.

Responsibilities include provisioning and patching Linux distros, managing vSphere components, SAN/NAS storage, and out-of-band management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in Linux-based IT infrastructure.
• Experience with manufacturing IT environments preferred.
• Hands-on experience with disaster recovery and backups.
• Ability to work in 24x7 support and on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Linux Infrastructure Management: Provision, configure, patch, and maintain Enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu Server) to maintain 99.99% uptime SLAs.
• Linux Administration: Deep experience with RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu (systemd, kernel tuning, LVM storage management, user/permission management, shell scripting using Bash/Python).
• Hands-on experience with vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, HA tuning, and ESXi command-line utilities (esxcli).
• High Availability & Storage: Practical knowledge of SAN/NAS connectivity (iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS), multipathing, and Linux clustering.
• Hardware & Data Center: Experience managing Tier 3 DC hardware platforms (Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, Cisco UCS) via out-of-band management interfaces (iDRAC, iLO).
• Wintel Co-Administration: Support Windows Server environments (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies, WSUS, IIS) and handle core cross-platform integration.
• Ensure daily system backups, snapshot lifecycle management, and enterprise backup/restore tasks (e.g., Veeam, Commvault) complete successfully.
• Act as the L2/L3 escalation point for OS, hypervisor, and hardware incidents. Drive root-cause analysis (RCA) and follow ITIL framework standards for incident, request, and change management.
• Must have hand on expertise on handling ORACLE DB on Linux (Mandatory)
• BCP & Disaster Recovery (Own and coordinate Disaster Recovery activities)
• Security & Compliance (Enforce security baselines and hardening standards)
• Act as escalation matrix lead for Wintel Ops ( Predictive Operation Management)

Skills

Linux Administration

VMware vSphere

Windows Server

Bash/Python scripting

Oracle DB on Linux

ITIL incident/change management

Backup/DR (Veeam/Commvault)

Out-of-band management (iDRAC/iLO)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

vSphere

vCenter

ESXi

iDRAC

iLO

Veeam

Commvault

Oracle DB on Linux

Job description

Tata Semiconductor Assembly & Test (TSAT) is a greenfield venture of the Tata Group with expertise in manufacturing in IC & SMT Packages.
Tata Electronics (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd.) is building India’s first AI-enabled state-of-the-art Semiconductor Packaging facility . This facility will produce chips for applications such as power management IC, display drivers, microcontrollers (MCU) and high-performance computing logic, addressing the growing demand in markets such as automotive, computing and data storage, wireless communications and artificial intelligence.
TSAT is a subsidiary of the Tata group. The Tata Group operates in more than 100 countries across six continents, with the mission 'To improve the quality of life of the communities we serve globally, through long term stakeholder value creation based on leadership with Trust.’

Role Summary

A hands-on experienced Level 2 System Administrator to join our infrastructure operations team who will be responsible for maintaining high availability (HA), reliability, and performance across our Tier 3 Data Center environments. The ideal candidate brings strong core Linux administration expertise, hands-on VMware virtualization management skills, and solid operational knowledge of Windows Server (Wintel) ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

• Linux Infrastructure Management: Provision, configure, patch, and maintain Enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu Server) to maintain 99.99% uptime SLAs.
• Linux Administration: Deep experience with RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu (systemd, kernel tuning, LVM storage management, user/permission management, shell scripting using Bash/Python).
• Hands-on experience with vSphere, vCenter, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, HA tuning, and ESXi command-line utilities (esxcli).
• High Availability & Storage: Practical knowledge of SAN/NAS connectivity (iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS), multipathing, and Linux clustering.
• Hardware & Data Center: Experience managing Tier 3 DC hardware platforms (Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, Cisco UCS) via out-of-band management interfaces (iDRAC, iLO).
• Wintel Co-Administration: Support Windows Server environments (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies, WSUS, IIS) and handle core cross-platform integration.
• Ensure daily system backups, snapshot lifecycle management, and enterprise backup/restore tasks (e.g., Veeam, Commvault) complete successfully.
• Act as the L2\L3 escalation point for OS, hypervisor, and hardware incidents. Drive root-cause analysis (RCA) and follow ITIL framework standards for incident, request, and change management.
• Must have hand on expertise on handling ORACLE DB on Linux (Mandatory)
• BCP & Disaster Recovery (Own and coordinate Disaster Recovery activities)
• Security & Compliance (Enforce security baselines and hardening standards)
• Act as escalation matrix lead for Wintel Ops ( Predictive Operation Management)

Soft Skills

• Strong stakeholder management (Cross Functional Meetings\Presentations)
• Excellent troubleshooting and RCA skills
• Experience managing critical production incidents
• Ability to work in 24x7 support and on-call rotation
• Strong documentation and DR runbook creation skills
• Leadership in crisis and disaster scenarios
• Coordination with OEM/Vendors, Service level reviews & escalations.

Qualification & Work Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or an equivalent qualification
• 6+ years of experience on tech implementation & management primarily on LINUX.

(Not just handling Operations.)

• Experience managing large IT Infra at manufacturing domain is an advantage