Sr. Unix Engineer

Central Business Solutions, Inc; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Business Solutions, Inc in Pune seeks a Unix Engineer to design, deploy, and manage robust Linux/Windows infrastructure.

The role emphasizes OpenStack, virtualization, cloud providers, and storage backends; you will work with Ansible, AWX, Kubernetes, and enterprise storage. Strong problem‑solving and independent work style are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience in the system administration field.
• Experience configuring and managing both bare metal and automated environments, including patching, upgrading and re-configuring.
• Deploy, configure and manage OpenStack environments (manual and automated using Ansible, Fuel, or Kolla).
• Perform upgrades across OpenStack releases.
• Provision storage backends (Ceph, Cinder volumes) and image repositories.
• Install, configure, maintain, and optimize Linux/Windows servers and systems to ensure high availability.
• Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to maintain operational reliability.
• Experience in managing and optimizing public cloud infrastructure AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Experience in virtualization technologies like Vmware, VCF, KVM, OpenShift virtualization, Kubernetes
• Implement security measures, including hardening, patch management, and vulnerability mitigation.
• Working knowledge of networking protocols and services (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SSH, HTTP, etc.).
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise servers.
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise storage technologies such as Fibre Channel zoning, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, and platforms like NetApp, Pure, or PowerStore. Knowledge of identity/auth systems (e.g. LDAP/AD) and storage solutions (LVM, SAN, NFS).
• Document system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps clearly and consistently.
• Collaborate with other teams to deploy and support applications and infrastructure. Experience with using automation tools AWX, Ansible, Shell scripting
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work independently with minimal guidance.
• Proficiency in DevOps tools Design, develop, and deploy AI agents to automate workflows, perform data-driven tasks

Responsibilities

• Configure and manage OpenStack environments.
• Upgrade OpenStack releases.
• Manage storage backends and image repositories.
• Ensure high availability of Linux/Windows servers.
• Monitor performance and troubleshoot issues.
• Implement security measures and patch management.
• Collaborate with teams to deploy applications and infrastructure.

Skills

System administration

Self-motivation

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenStack

Ansible

Kubernetes

VMware

KVM

OpenShift

AWX

Docker

Ceph

NFS/CIFS

LVM

SAN

LDAP/AD

Job description

Unix Engineer, Pune

• 5+ years of work experience in the system administration field.
• Proven record and experience of configuring, managing both manual (bare metal) and automated environments, including patching, upgrading and re-configuring.
• Deploy, configure and manage OpenStack environments (manual and automated using Ansible, Fuel, or Kolla).
• Perform upgrades across OpenStack releases.
• Provision storage backends (Ceph, Cinder volumes) and image repositories.
• Install, configure, maintain, and optimize Linux/Windows servers and systems to ensure high availability and performance.
• Monitor system performance and proactively troubleshoot issues to maintain operational reliability.
• Experience in managing and optimizing public cloud infrastructure AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Experience in virtualization technologies like Vmware, VCF, KVM, OpenShift virtualization, Kubernetes
• Implement security measures, including hardening, patch management, and vulnerability mitigation.
• Working knowledge of networking protocols and services (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SSH, HTTP, etc.).
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise servers.
• Hands‑on experience with enterprise storage technologies such as Fibre Channel zoning, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, and platforms like NetApp, Pure, or PowerStore. Knowledge of identity/auth systems (e.g. LDAP/AD) and storage solutions (LVM, SAN, NFS).
• Document system configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps clearly and consistently.
• Collaborate with other teams to deploy and support applications and infrastructure. Experience with using automation tools AWX, Ansible, Shell scripting
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work independently with minimal guidance.
• Proficiency in DevOps tools Design, develop, and deploy AI agents to automate workflows, perform data-driven tasks

Nice to have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Certifications such as RHCSA, RHCE, CKA, Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA)