Senior Linux Systems Engineer—HPC & AI Infrastructure

HR POD - Hiring Talent Globally; Lahore; On-site; PKR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HR POD - Hiring Talent Globally is seeking a seasoned Linux systems engineer to admin, patch, and harden a large fleet of Linux servers across bare-metal and cloud environments. You will troubleshoot OS/kernel issues, design TCP/IP networks, and manage NFS storage for high-throughput workloads.

You will automate provisioning with Ansible, build monitoring dashboards in Grafana, and coordinate with SRE to ensure reliability and security of new services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Linux systems administration or infrastructure engineering at scale.
• Strong knowledge of Linux internals with hands-on troubleshooting skills across the OS, kernel, storage, and system performance.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals with hands-on network troubleshooting experience.
• Hands-on experience operating NFS and other shared storage systems in production environments.
• Proven experience with configuration management using Ansible.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana and ticketing tools such as ServiceNow and JIRA.
• Proficiency in Bash and Python scripting for automation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field/experience.
• Experience operating GPU servers, HPC, or AI infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Slurm, or other cluster schedulers.
• Exposure to storage technologies such as Lustre, GPFS/Spectrum Scale, or Ceph.
• Knowledge of InfiniBand or RDMA and high-performance networking.
• Familiarity with or working knowledge of AI coding tools such as Claude, OpenAI, or other similar tools to accelerate automation and troubleshooting.
• Relevant certifications such as RHCSA/RHCE, CCNA, or cloud provider certifications.

Responsibilities

• Administer, patch, and harden a large fleet of Linux servers, including RHEL, Rocky, and Ubuntu, across bare-metal and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot complex OS, kernel, performance, and hardware issues to identify and resolve root causes.
• Design, configure, and manage TCP/IP networking, including routing, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and network bonding.
• Deploy and manage NFS storage and other shared file systems for high-throughput workloads.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and remediation using Ansible and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboards using Grafana and related observability tools.
• Manage operational workflows through ticketing systems such as ServiceNow (SNOW) and JIRA.
• Own capacity planning, OS lifecycle management, standardized system builds, and image management.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering and SRE teams on reliability, security, and the rollout of new services.
• Document standards, runbooks, and procedures while continuously reducing operational toil.

Skills

Linux systems

Linux internals

TCP/IP networking

NFS storage

Ansible

Grafana

ServiceNow

JIRA

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Kubernetes

Slurm

GPFS/Spectrum Scale

Lustre

RDMA

AI tooling (Claude/OpenAI)

RHCSA/RHCE

CCNA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Ansible

Grafana

ServiceNow

JIRA

Kubernetes

Slurm

Lustre

GPFS/Spectrum Scale

Ceph

Job description

HR POD - Hiring Talent Globally is seeking a seasoned Linux systems engineer to admin, patch, and harden a large fleet of Linux servers across bare-metal and cloud environments. You will troubleshoot OS/kernel issues, design TCP/IP networks, and manage NFS storage for high-throughput workloads.

You will automate provisioning with Ansible, build monitoring dashboards in Grafana, and coordinate with SRE to ensure reliability and security of new services.