LINUX INFRASTRUCUTRE ENGINER

People Prime Worldwide; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Part time

Job summary

A technology services provider in Bengaluru is seeking a LINUX INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER with 10+ years of experience in Linux infrastructure, automation, and OS management. The role involves leading automation initiatives for GPU cloud infrastructure and collaborating across teams. Ideal candidates should have expertise in Ansible, Python, and Packer, with a strong focus on GitOps principles.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Linux infrastructure engineering, system automation, and OS lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to implement GitOps workflows for infrastructure automation.
• Solid knowledge of Linux internals, bootloaders, and provisioning in bare-metal environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of a fully automated, GitOps-based pipeline for hardware → OS → Kubernetes.
• Automate Linux image builds using Packer, Kickstart, and Ansible.
• Collaborate with platform, SRE, and security teams to standardize image build and deployment practices.

Skills

Ansible

Python

Packer

Kickstart

OpenSCAP

Job description

Overview

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About Company: Our Client Corporation provides digital engineering and technology services to Forbes Global 2000 companies worldwide. Our Engineering First approach ensures we can execute all ideas and creatively solve pressing business challenges. We combine logic, creativity and curiosity to build, solve, and create. Every day, we help clients engage with new technology paradigms, creatively building solutions that solve their most pressing business challenges and move them to the forefront of their industry.

Client: LTI Mindtree C2H

Location: Chennai (WFO 3 days a week from LTIM office at Chennai)

Role

Job Role: LINUX INFRASTRUCUTRE ENGINER

Experience: 8-12 years

Responsibilities

• Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer (Zero-Touch Build, Upgrade, and Certification pipeline) for on-prem GPU cloud infrastructure.
• Lead design and implementation of a fully automated, GitOps-based pipeline for hardware → OS → Kubernetes → platform.
• Automate Linux image builds using Packer, Kickstart, and Ansible.
• Integrate CIS/STIG compliance hardening and OpenSCAP scanning into image lifecycle and validation workflows.
• Own and manage kernel module/driver automation, ensuring version compatibility and hardware enablement for GPU nodes.
• Collaborate with platform, SRE, and security teams to standardize image build and deployment practices.
• Maintain GitOps-compliant infrastructure-as-code repositories for traceability and reproducibility.
• Build self-service capabilities for zero-touch provisioning, image certification, and drift detection.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to strategic automation roadmap initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Linux infrastructure engineering, system automation, and OS lifecycle management.
• Primary skills: Ansible, Python, Packer, Kickstart, OpenSCAP.
• Deep expertise with: Packer, Kickstart, OpenSCAP, Ansible.
• Experience with CIS/STIG hardening standards and automated pipelines.
• Experience with kernel and driver management in hardware-accelerated (GPU) environments.
• Proven ability to implement GitOps workflows for infrastructure automation.
• Solid knowledge of Linux internals, bootloaders, and provisioning in bare-metal environments.
• Exposure to Kubernetes in the context of OS-level customization and compliance.
• Strong collaboration across security, SRE, platform, and hardware engineering teams.
• Bonus: image signing, SBOM generation, secure boot workflows; experience in regulated environments (e.g., FedRAMP, PCI-DSS); contributions to automation frameworks or open-source tools.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

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