SM Linux - Consultant

NTT DATA Business Solutions; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA Business Solutions in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Linux Server Management professional with 3–6 years of experience. You will manage Linux systems, hypervisors, and cloud basics, while contributing to automation, scripting, and proactive monitoring in a global IT environment.

The role emphasizes ITIL-aligned incident response, collaboration across teams, and knowledge transfer as part of a structured mentoring program in a fast-growing, international company.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in Server Management Administration (Linux).
• Profound Linux OS operations experience.
• Knowledge in hypervisor operations (XEN and VMware).
• Knowledge of LVM, DNS, LDAP and IPTables.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for server downtime.
• Experience with physical server management.
• Associate level knowledge in at least one public cloud landscape (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Basic knowledge in automation tools and scripting (e.g. Bash, Perl).
• Knowledge/experience in using GitHub and Jira would be beneficial.
• Experience with monitoring with Prometheus on Docker setup and/or ELK stack would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of central infrastructure services (Security Groups/RPM/Rsync/Mail/Active Directory/Chef automation/Nagios/repository management/Monitoring) is advantageous.
• Ability to transfer knowledge to 2nd level technical support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 3rd level technical support in compliance with customer SLAs.
• Daily compute operations (Events/Incidents/SR/CR/RCA) following ITIL processes.
• Server installation, maintenance, monitoring, decommission and special configurations beyond automated tasks.
• Storage operations based on NetApp NFS.
• Package/repository management and OS image maintenance.
• Patch management using BladeLogic Automation.
• Server monitoring/alert configuration and rollouts.
• Performance tests and analysis.
• Root cause analysis for customer incidents.
• Service/Task documentation, testing, quality management and knowledge transfer.
• Assist 2nd level technical support in complex tasks.
• On-call participation which may include weekends or public holidays if required by the project.

Skills

Linux OS operations

Server management

Hypervisor operations

LVM

DNS

LDAP

IPTables

Troubleshooting

Public cloud basics

Automation scripting

Bash

Perl

GitHub

Jira

Prometheus

ELK stack

NetApp

BladeLogic

Security Groups

Rsync

Nagios

On-call readiness

Tools

BladeLogic

NetApp

Docker

Job description

• Overall 3 – 6 years’ Experience in Server Management Administration (Linux).
• Profound Linux OS operations experience.
• Knowledge in hypervisor operations (XEN and VMware).
• To have good knowledge in LVM, DNS, LDAP and IPTables.
• To have good troubleshooting skills in server down situation.
• Knowledge in physical server management.
• Additionally, associate level knowledge in at least one public cloud landscape (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Basic knowledge in automation tools and (e.g. chef) and scripting (e.g. bash, Perl)
• Additionally, knowledge/experience in using GitHub and Jira would be beneficial.
• Any experience in monitoring with Prometheus on docker setup and/or ELK stack would be beneficial (not mandatory)
• Any knowledge for central infrastructure services is recommended and highly beneficial (Security Groups/RPM/Rsync/Mail/Active Directory/Chef automation/Nagios/repository management/Monitoring)
• Able to provide knowledge transfer from certain technology areas towards 2nd level technical support. Roles & Responsibilities:
• Deliver 3rd level technical support in compliance with customer SLAs
• Daily Compute operations (Events/Incidents/SR/CR/RCA ..) following ITIL processes
• Server installation, maintenance, monitoring, decommission and special configurations beyond automated tasks
• Storage Operations based on netapp-nfs
• Package/repository management and OS image maintenance
• Patch Management using BladeLogic Automation
• Server related Monitoring/Alert configuration and rollouts
• Performance tests and analysis
• Root Cause Analysis for customer incidents
• Service/Task documentation, testing, quality management and knowledge transfer
• assist 2nd level technical support in complex tasks
• willingness to participate in an OnCall setup which may include weekends or public holidays if required by the project That is what makes us special:
• Team-oriented corporate culture, collaboration as equals and steady knowledge transfer
• Active participation in shaping your future
• Individually tailored mentoring program
• Sustainable career support with our career model and individual development programs
• International project opportunities and networks

Job Description

• Overall 3 – 6 years’ Experience in Server Management Administration (Linux).
• Profound Linux OS operations experience.
• Knowledge in hypervisor operations (XEN and VMware).
• To have good knowledge in LVM, DNS, LDAP and IPTables.
• To have good troubleshooting skills in server down situation.
• Knowledge in physical server management.
• Additionally, associate level knowledge in at least one public cloud landscape (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Basic knowledge in automation tools and (e.g. chef) and scripting (e.g. bash, Perl)
• Additionally, knowledge/experience in using GitHub and Jira would be beneficial.
• Any experience in monitoring with Prometheus on docker setup and/or ELK stack would be beneficial (not mandatory)
• Any knowledge for central infrastructure services is recommended and highly beneficial (Security Groups/RPM/Rsync/Mail/Active Directory/Chef automation/Nagios/repository management/Monitoring)
• Able to provide knowledge transfer from certain technology areas towards 2nd level technical support. Roles & Responsibilities:
• Deliver 3rd level technical support in compliance with customer SLAs
• Daily Compute operations (Events/Incidents/SR/CR/RCA ..) following ITIL processes
• Server installation, maintenance, monitoring, decommission and special configurations beyond automated tasks
• Storage Operations based on netapp-nfs
• Package/repository management and OS image maintenance
• Patch Management using BladeLogic Automation
• Server related Monitoring/Alert configuration and rollouts
• Performance tests and analysis
• Root Cause Analysis for customer incidents
• Service/Task documentation, testing, quality management and knowledge transfer
• assist 2nd level technical support in complex tasks
• willingness to participate in an OnCall setup which may include weekends or public holidays if required by the project That is what makes us special:
• Team-oriented corporate culture, collaboration as equals and steady knowledge transfer
• Active participation in shaping your future
• Individually tailored mentoring program
• Sustainable career support with our career model and individual development programs
• International project opportunities and networks

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