Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Bare metal & storage)

Uvation; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Uvation is seeking a highly experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer to enhance our capabilities in traditional Linux administration and bare metal infrastructure. This role emphasizes extensive hands-on experience in designing, building, and managing large-scale Linux systems.

The ideal candidate will possess strong Linux administration skills, with a solid background in enterprise storage and hardware troubleshooting. Knowledge of scripting for automation is also essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux administration, preferably in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise storage solutions and hardware.
• Proficiency in scripting languages for automation tasks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and administer large-scale Linux infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex OS, hardware, and storage issues.
• Manage and architect storage platforms.

Skills

Expert-level Linux administration

Deep expertise in bare metal infrastructure

Strong hardware troubleshooting skills

Advanced Linux storage administration

Strong networking knowledge

Bash and Python scripting

Tools

Ceph

Kubernetes

VMware

Ansible

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in traditional Linux administration, bare metal infrastructure, and enterprise storage. This role is not focused on DevOps or cloud-native engineering. We already have a strong DevOps team and are looking for someone with extensive hands-on experience designing, building, administering, and troubleshooting large-scale Linux infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities & Required Skills

• Expert-level Linux administration (Ubuntu required; Red Hat and SUSE preferred)
• Deep expertise in bare metal server deployment, architecture, and administration
• Strong understanding of server hardware, including BIOS, RAID, firmware, iLO/iDRAC/IPMI, NICs, HBA cards, and hardware troubleshooting
• Experience designing and administering enterprise Linux infrastructure
• Advanced Linux storage administration:
  • LVM
  • XFS, EXT4
  • NFS
  • iSCSI
  • Fibre Channel SAN
  • Multipath I/O
• Strong hands-on experience with Ceph, including:
  • Cluster architecture
  • MON, OSD, MDS
  • RBD, CephFS, RGW
  • Capacity planning
  • Performance tuning
  • Failure recovery
• Strong networking knowledge (bonding, VLANs, routing, MTU, DNS, DHCP)
• Experience with high availability, clustering, and disaster recovery
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Linux OS, hardware, networking, and storage
• Bash and Python scripting for automation

Nice to Have

• Kubernetes infrastructure (especially storage integration)
• VMware or KVM
• Ansible
• AWS/Azure exposure

We are not looking for

• Candidates whose experience is primarily CI/CD pipeline engineering
• Engineers focused mainly on Terraform, GitOps, or container platforms
• Cloud-only administrators with limited bare metal or infrastructure experience

Ideal candidate

Someone who has spent years running enterprise Linux environments, building servers from the hardware up, architecting storage platforms, and solving complex OS, hardware, and storage issues. DevOps experience is a plus, but traditional Linux infrastructure expertise is the primary requirement.