Linux DevOps Engineer

Persistent; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture focused on talent development

Annual health check-ups

Flexible work hours

Job summary

Persistent is seeking a Linux DevOps Engineer to manage enterprise Linux infrastructure across production environments. You will drive automation, security hardening, patching, and image pipelines, while building IaC with Ansible and Terraform.

The role requires strong collaboration with development, networking, and security teams to support application deployments and lifecycle management. Key responsibilities include provisioning, patching, and troubleshooting Linux servers, implementing CI/CD

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Linux admin experience with DevOps exposure.
• Strong hands-on in RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux environments.
• Experience with hardening, patching and vulnerability response workflows.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux infra across production.
• Provision, patch, upgrade, and harden Linux servers; remediate vulnerabilities.
• Design golden image pipelines using Packer, Kickstart, PXE and hardening.
• Manage IaC with Ansible and Terraform in versioned workflows.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• Automate provisioning, deployment, patching, decommissioning and compliance checks.
• Troubleshoot Linux issues: NFS, kernel, SSH, networking, storage, perf.
• Implement monitoring and observability; runbooks and RCA reports.
• Collaborate with development, networking, security, and IT teams.
• Create and maintain documentation and runbooks.

Skills

Linux Administration

DevOps Engineering

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Shell scripting

Python

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Packer

Job description

About Position:

We are looking for a Linux DevOps Engineer with strong Linux administration expertise complemented by DevOps automation experience. The role is heavily focused on Linux infrastructure administration, security hardening, patching, automation, CI/CD, monitoring, and production troubleshooting.

• Role: Linux DevOps Engineer
• Location: All Persistent Location
• Experience: 6+ Years
• Job Type: Full-Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Administer, monitor, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux infrastructure across production environments.
• Perform Linux server provisioning, patching, upgrades, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation.
• Design golden image pipelines using Packer, Kickstart, PXE, and security hardening practices.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Ansible and Terraform with version-controlled workflows.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or equivalent tools.
• Automate provisioning, configuration deployment, patching, decommissioning, compliance checks, and validation activities.
• Troubleshoot complex Linux issues related to NFS, kernel, SSH, networking, storage, server hardware, and system performance.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and synthetic monitoring to identify issues before business impact.
• Collaborate with development, networking, security, and IT teams for application deployments and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Create and maintain documentation, runbooks, architecture notes, and root cause analysis reports.

Expertise You'll Bring:

• 6+ years of strong Linux Administration experience with DevOps engineering exposure.
• Strong hands-on expertise in RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, or equivalent Linux environments.
• Deep understanding of Linux patching, security hardening, least privilege, defense-in-depth, and vulnerability response workflows.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, Ansible Tower, Terraform, Shell scripting, and Python automation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, branching, code review, and infrastructure deployment automation.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across CPU, memory, disk, load average, NFS, SFTP, SSH, iostat, and performance bottlenecks.
• Working knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, CloudWatch, S3, EBS, OpenSearch, or similar cloud services.
• Experience with monitoring tools and operational observability platforms.
• Good understanding of containers, Kubernetes, Docker, secrets management, and automation practices.
• Excellent communication, ownership, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference.

We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

Equal Opportunity Declaration:

Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.