Senior Linux Systems Engineer: Automation & Virtualization

iSystems Ltd; Punjab; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call support

Job summary

iSystems Ltd is seeking an Infrastructure & Platforms Engineer to administer and automate enterprise Linux environments, focusing on RHEL, Satellites, and Ansible automation. You will ensure security, patching, and lifecycle management across production, non-production, and DR setups while supporting virtualization, storage, and backup technologies.

The role requires 5+ years of enterprise Linux experience, strong RHEL skills, and proficiency with Ansible, Satellite, and VMware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of enterprise infrastructure and Linux administration.
• Strong hands-on with RHEL 7/8/9+ and Linux administration.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise RHEL environments across production and DR.
• Perform installation, configuration, patching, hardening, and troubleshooting.
• Manage users, filesystems, LVM, services, SSH, SELinux, and security.
• Manage Satellite lifecycle: content views, environments, keys, repositories, errata.
• Plan and execute patching, remediation, and compliance via Satellite.
• Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, inventories, templates, and handlers.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, patching, and backups via Ansible.
• Support Ansible Automation Platform/Tower/AWX environments.
• Troubleshoot Linux OS, networking, performance, and infrastructure issues.
• Support VMware vSphere/ESXi; exposure to Hyper-V is a plus.
• Support SAN/NAS storage and backups using Commvault or Veeam.
• Participate in migrations, DR, capacity planning, and upgrades.
• Monitor health, availability, capacity, and performance; root-cause analysis.
• Coordinate with OEM/vendor teams; maintain runbooks and SOPs.
• Participate in incident/problem/change/release management.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Analytical skills

Communication

Independent worker

Collaboration

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

RHEL

Red Hat Satellite

Ansible

Ansible Tower/AWX

VMware vSphere/ESXi

SAN/NAS storage

Commvault

Veeam

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Job description

iSystems Ltd is seeking an Infrastructure & Platforms Engineer to administer and automate enterprise Linux environments, focusing on RHEL, Satellites, and Ansible automation. You will ensure security, patching, and lifecycle management across production, non-production, and DR setups while supporting virtualization, storage, and backup technologies.

The role requires 5+ years of enterprise Linux experience, strong RHEL skills, and proficiency with Ansible, Satellite, and VMware.