Senior AWS Operations Engineer

Hapag-Lloyd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A global logistics firm is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator to manage Linux and Windows servers in AWS environments, including EC2 and EKS. The ideal candidate will handle OS lifecycle tasks, maintain compliance with security standards, and troubleshoot system issues. This role requires strong experience in server management and cloud operations, ensuring consistent performance and security across environments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing Linux and/or Windows servers in cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, ECS, and EKS.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage Linux and Windows servers across AWS environments.
• Perform OS-level configuration, hardening, and optimization.
• Handle OS lifecycle tasks including provisioning and decommissioning.
• Maintain AMIs and golden images for consistent deployments.
• Remediate vulnerabilities identified by security scans.

Skills

Linux server management

Windows server management

AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS)

OS-level troubleshooting

Compliance standards

Vulnerability remediation

CloudWatch monitoring

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

• Manage Linux and/or Windows servers across AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS nodes, hybrid environments).
• Perform OS-level configuration, hardening, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Handle OS lifecycle tasks including provisioning, upgrading, and decommissioning.
• Maintain AMIs, golden images, or OS baselines for consistent deployments.
• Manage OS patching using AWS Systems Manager (SSM Patch Manager), Automation Runbooks, or third-party tools.
• Schedule, test, and deploy patches to minimize downtime and ensure compliance.
• Remediate vulnerabilities identified by security scans (Inspector, Tenable, Qualys, etc.).
• Maintain compliance with internal security baselines and regulatory frameworks.
• Manage AWS backup and perform daily backup and restoration on required basis.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SSM, and other tools.
• Troubleshoot EC2-level issues involving CPU/memory utilization, disk/IO, networking, and OS processes.
• Manage EBS volumes, snapshots, filesystem integrity, userdata scripts, and boot-level issues.
• Support routine operational tasks for multi-account AWS environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps, cloud engineering, and security teams for system improvements.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures.
• Handle log management at OS level (CloudWatch Agent / SSM Agent / OS syslogs).
• Knowledge in ticketing tools like ServiceNow and Jira.