Senior Linux Platform Engineer - Automation & OpenShift

iSystems Ltd; Islamabad; Presencial; PKR 3.500.000 - 6.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

iSystems Ltd is seeking a highly experienced Linux Engineer to design, standardize, automate, and optimize enterprise-wide Linux platforms. This hands-on role focuses on building reusable solutions for Linux Operations and Infrastructure teams rather than routine administration.

You will design platform standards, create automated build images for bare-metal, VMware, OpenShift, and cloud environments, and manage provisioning tooling such as Red Hat Satellite, Kickstart, and Redfish.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in Enterprise Linux.
• 5+ years in Senior Linux Administration and 5 years in Linux Engineering.
• RHCE certification is required; RHCA is a plus.
• Experience with RHEL 6 onwards and Red Hat Satellite Server.

Responsabilidades

• Design and maintain enterprise-wide Linux platform standards and automated build solutions.
• Develop standardized OS and container golden images for bare-metal, VMware, OpenShift, and cloud environments.
• Manage and enhance Red Hat Satellite, Kickstart, PXE, DHCP, and Redfish for automated provisioning.
• Engineer and optimize RHEL platforms, including kernel, CPU, memory, I/O, and network/TCP performance.
• Define and implement Linux security, hardening, configuration, and compliance standards.
• Develop monitoring and observability solutions for Linux OS and Dell/HPE server infrastructure, integrating with Splunk, ELK, SIEM, and AppDynamics.
• Automate patching, firmware updates, configuration management, monitoring, and compliance using Ansible, Bash, and Python.
• Develop AI-driven solutions to improve Linux engineering and BAU operations.
• Support Linux platforms across OpenShift, VMware, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.
• Act as a Level 3 escalation point for critical incidents and lead root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, DevOps, Security, Enterprise Architecture, and BAU teams to establish future-state Linux standards.
• Work with technology vendors and service partners to drive platform improvements and roadmap initiatives.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation for critical incidents.

Conocimientos

Senior Linux Administration

Linux Engineering

Kernel analysis

Performance tuning

Troubleshooting

On-call rotation

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field

Herramientas

Red Hat Satellite Server

Kickstart

PXE

Redfish

Ansible

Python

Packer

CI/CD/DevOps technologies

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Splunk

ELK

SIEM

AppDynamics

Descripción del empleo

iSystems Ltd is seeking a highly experienced Linux Engineer to design, standardize, automate, and optimize enterprise-wide Linux platforms. This hands-on role focuses on building reusable solutions for Linux Operations and Infrastructure teams rather than routine administration.

You will design platform standards, create automated build images for bare-metal, VMware, OpenShift, and cloud environments, and manage provisioning tooling such as Red Hat Satellite, Kickstart, and Redfish.