Linux Automation Engineer

Ericsson AB; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson invites applications for a Linux, OpenStack, and OpenShift Engineer with 3–6 years of hands-on experience to join the infrastructure and cloud operations team in Noida, India. You will manage Linux systems, deploy and support OpenStack cloud platforms, and administer OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters to maintain platform stability and performance.

You will automate tasks with Python and Ansible, engage with customers and internal teams, and help with monitoring, incident response, and

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of hands-on experience in Linux system administration.
• Strong experience with OpenStack environments and cloud infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Good knowledge of OpenShift/Kubernetes architecture and operations.
• Hands-on experience with Python scripting for automation and operational tasks.
• Strong experience with Ansible and Ansible Tower/AWX.
• Experience in customer handling, stakeholder communication, and technical discussions.
• Good understanding of networking concepts and troubleshooting: TCP/IP, DNS, Routing, VLAN, Firewall, Load Balancer.

Responsibilities

• Manage and troubleshoot Linux-based infrastructure environments.
• Deploy, administer, and support OpenStack cloud platforms.
• Manage and troubleshoot OpenShift/Kubernetes container platforms.
• Perform incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and problem resolution for production environments.
• Automate operational tasks using Python, Ansible, and Ansible Tower/AWX.
• Work closely with customers and internal teams to resolve technical issues and provide operational support.
• Troubleshoot network-related issues including connectivity, routing, DNS, firewall, and load balancing issues.
• Monitor infrastructure health and performance using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack/syslog tools.
• Configure alerts, dashboards, and logging solutions for proactive monitoring.
• Participate in system upgrades, patching, maintenance activities, and security compliance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, and system reliability initiatives.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Network teams for platform improvements and automation initiatives.

Skills

Linux admin

OpenStack

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Python scripting

Ansible

Networking basics

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Awk & Sed

SQL basics

Education

B.Tech / B.E. in CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ceph

NetApp

Job description

Join our Team

About this Opportunity

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Linux, OpenStack & OpenShift Engineer with 3–6 years of experience to join our dynamic infrastructure and cloud operations team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in managing, troubleshooting, automating, and supporting enterprise-grade cloud and container platforms.

This role offers an opportunity to work on large-scale infrastructure environments involving virtualization, container orchestration, automation, monitoring, and customer engagement. You will collaborate with multiple functional teams to ensure platform stability, performance, and operational excellence.

What You will do

• Manage and troubleshoot Linux-based infrastructure environments.
• Deploy, administer, and support OpenStack cloud platforms.
• Manage and troubleshoot OpenShift/Kubernetes container platforms.
• Perform incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and problem resolution for production environments.
• Automate operational tasks using Python, Ansible, and Ansible Tower/AWX.
• Work closely with customers and internal teams to resolve technical issues and provide operational support.
• Troubleshoot network-related issues including connectivity, routing, DNS, firewall, and load balancing issues.
• Monitor infrastructure health and performance using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack/syslog tools.
• Configure alerts, dashboards, and logging solutions for proactive monitoring.
• Participate in system upgrades, patching, maintenance activities, and security compliance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, and system reliability initiatives.
• Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud, and Network teams for platform improvements and automation initiatives.
• desirable knowledge of awk, sed and basic unix scripting skills
• Basic knowledge of databases and writing SQL script

The skills you bring

• 3-6 years of hands‑on experience in Linux system administration.
• Strong experience with OpenStack environments and cloud infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Good knowledge of OpenShift/Kubernetes architecture and operations.
• Hands‑on experience with Python scripting for automation and operational tasks.
• Strong experience with Ansible and Ansible Tower/AWX.
• Experience in customer handling, stakeholder communication, and technical discussions.
• Good understanding of networking concepts and troubleshooting:
  • TCP/IP ,DNS ,Routing, VLAN, Firewall, Load Balancer.
• Hands‑on experience with monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus , Grafan and ELK Stack / Syslog tools.
• Experience troubleshooting production issues in enterprise environments.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced support and operations environment.

Good to Have

• Experience with Ceph storage & NetApp.
• Understanding of container networking and service mesh concepts.
• Redhat System Administrator & Redhat Certified Engineer certifications are a plus.

All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do.

We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth.

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team.

Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Primary country and city: India (IN) || Noida