Linux SME / SRE Engineer

Weekday 1; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday 1 seeks an experienced Linux SME / SRE Engineer to support client-critical production environments. The role emphasizes core Linux administration, RHEL expertise, and managing PCS/Pacemaker clusters to ensure high availability and reliability across infrastructure.

The candidate should demonstrate strong troubleshooting skills, incident management mindset, and ability to work with clients and technical stakeholders. Rotational production support is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience in Linux administration and production infrastructure.
• Hands-on with PCS/Pacemaker high-availability clusters.
• Familiarity with RHEL and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Ability to troubleshoot complex production incidents.
• Knowledge of SRE practices and ITIL concepts is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Linux-based production environments across critical infrastructure.
• Manage PCS/Pacemaker high-availability clusters to ensure uptime.
• Monitor, configure, and troubleshoot production systems and services.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement durable fixes for recurring issues.
• Collaborate with clients and internal teams during incidents and changes.
• Contribute to incident, problem, and change management processes.

Skills

Linux administration

SRE concepts

Incident management

Cluster troubleshooting

Production monitoring

Tools

VMware administration

AWS

Oracle Database

Job description

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟮𝟬-𝟯𝟬 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 5+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experiencedLinux SME / SRE Engineerwith strong expertise inCore Linux Administration, RHEL, and PCS/Pacemaker clusteringto support business-critical production environments.

The role focuses on maintaining highly available Linux infrastructure, resolving complex production issues, ensuring system reliability, and supporting clustered environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on troubleshooting capabilities, a solid understanding of high-availability architectures, and the ability to work effectively with clients and technical stakeholders.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and supportLinux-based production environmentsacross critical infrastructure.


• Perform day-to-dayCore Linux administration, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting.


• Manage, monitor, configure, and troubleshootPCS/Pacemaker high-availability clusters.


• Ensure availability, reliability, stability, and performance of Linux infrastructure and clustered services.


• Troubleshoot complex and critical production incidents and drive issues through to resolution.


• Perform root-cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions for recurring infrastructure problems.


• Monitor system and cluster health and proactively identify potential availability or performance issues.


• Support failover, recovery, maintenance, and operational activities across high-availability environments.


• Collaborate with clients, infrastructure teams, application teams, and other technical stakeholders on incidents and enhancements.


• Participate in incident management, problem management, change management, and production maintenance activities.


• Follow SRE practices for monitoring, reliability improvement, incident response, and operational efficiency.


• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, troubleshooting guides, and support records.


• Participate in rotational shifts to provide continuous production support.


• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive infrastructure tasks and improve operational efficiency.


• Support infrastructure changes, upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities in accordance with established processes.


• Contribute to service reliability, availability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 5–9 years of overall experiencein Linux administration, infrastructure engineering, SRE, or production support, with a maximum of 10 years preferred.


• Minimum4 years of hands-on experience with PCS/Pacemaker cluster administration.


• Strong expertise inCore Linux Administrationand production infrastructure support.


• Strong hands-on experience withRHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux).


• Solid understanding ofHigh Availability, clustering, failover, resource management, and cluster troubleshooting.


• Proven experience supportingcritical production environmentswith strict availability and reliability requirements.


• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, root-cause analysis, and incident-resolution capabilities.


• Experience working with production monitoring, incident management, and infrastructure maintenance processes.


• Strong understanding ofSRE and ITIL practicesis desirable.


• Excellent communication and client-facing skills with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to stakeholders.


• Strong stakeholder-management and collaboration skills.


• Ability to work effectively under pressure during critical production incidents.


• Willingness to work inrotational shifts, including scheduled production-support coverage.


• Experience withVMware administrationis an advantage.


• Exposure toAWS or other cloud platformsis desirable.


• Knowledge ofOracle Databaseand its infrastructure dependencies is an advantage.


• Strong ownership mindset with a focus on system reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.