Technical Consultant – Linux Platform and virtualization

Eximietas Design; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Eximietas Design seeks an experienced Linux Solution Consultant with 8+ years of IT experience and 3+ years in solution or platform consulting roles. You will lead architecture governance, platform integration, and stakeholder engagement for virtualized solutions using VMware and KVM.

The role focuses on outcome-driven delivery within regulated enterprise environments, requiring strong Linux fundamentals, clustering knowledge, and security-minded design.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience.
• 3+ years in solution/platform consulting.
• Strong knowledge of VMware, KVM, virtualization.
• Leadership in architecture governance and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to design and support virtualized solutions in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure compute, networking, storage and security considerations.
• Analyse customer requirements and develop viable technical proposals.
• Design and support integrated virtualized solutions aligned to business, security and operations.
• Drive outcomes in regulated enterprise environments.
• Leverage Linux/Unix knowledge including filesystems and clustering concepts.

Skills

Linux/Unix expertise

Virtualization

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Networking concepts

Tools

VMware ESXi

KVM/libvirt

Serviceguard

pacemaker

Job description

Dedicated to achieving new heights of excellence.

Eximietas Design is a cutting-edge technology solutions provider, offering services and consulting to businesses of all sizes. We specialize in chip design, embedded software, board design, cloud computing, cyber security and AI. We strive to provide our clients with the best solutions to meet their needs. Our experienced professionals are committed to helping you find the perfect tech solution to fit your unique situation.

About the job

Job Title: Technical Consultant – Linux Platform and virtualization

Experience 8 to 15 years

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Linux Solution Consultant with 8+ years of overall IT experience, including 3+ years in solution or platform consulting roles, with a strong understanding of VMware, KVM, and other enterprise virtualization platforms. The role requires leadership in solution architecture, platform integration, architecture governance, and stakeholder engagement, with the ability to design and support integrated virtualized solutions aligned to business, security, and operational requirements. The focus is on outcomedriven delivery within regulated enterprise environments.

Responsibilities:

• Strong infrastructure and compute background:
• Networking
• Storage
• Security
• Strong capability to analyse customer requirements and develop viable technical solution proposals
• Strong understanding of Linux /Unix
• Filesystems (ext4, XFS, GFS2)
• LVM, VxFS, multipathing, udev
• Experience in Serviceguard and pacemaker clustering technologies
• Strong understanding of Storage
• SAN/NAS concepts: FC, iSCSI, NFS
• Storage integration with Linux and virtualization platforms
• Strong understanding of Virtualization & Compute
• Extensive experience with KVM/libvirt (virsh, virt-install, virt-manager)
• Strong understanding of VMware concepts (ESXi, vCenter) and migration strategies
• CPU models, NUMA awareness, SR-IOV, PCI passthrough, nested virtualization
• Strong understanding of Networking
• Deep understanding of Linux networking:
• Bonding (LACP), bridging, VLANs
• Troubleshooting complex network paths in virtualized environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in regulated enterprise environments
• Exposure to automation and orchestration platforms
• Experience with large-scale enterprise infrastructure transformations