Linux & Private Cloud Engineer

INNOVATIQ TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.

Singapore

On-site

SGD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

INNOVATIQ TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. in Singapore is seeking an experienced Linux & Private Cloud Engineer to manage enterprise Linux infrastructure and private cloud platforms. The role covers server administration, virtualization, automation, monitoring, security, and production support.

You will work with RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu, VMware vSphere, Nutanix AHV, OpenStack and other private-cloud technologies; you will build resilient systems, implement backups, DR and on-call support.

Qualifications

Strong hands-on Linux system administration experience with enterprise distros.
Experience managing private cloud or enterprise virtualization environments.
Proficient in Bash/Python scripting and automation tools.

Responsibilities

Install, configure, and troubleshoot Linux servers and storage.
Deploy and manage private cloud infrastructure and clusters.
Automate provisioning, patching, and monitoring; support HA/DR.
Monitor performance and troubleshoot incidents.

Skills

Linux Admin

RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu

Virtualization

Scripting

Ansible/Terraform

Networking/Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

VMware vSphere/ESXi

Nutanix AHV

OpenStack

KVM

OpenShift / RH Private Cloud

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Linux & Private Cloud Engineer to manage, support, and maintain enterprise Linux infrastructure and private cloud platforms. The role will involve server administration, private-cloud infrastructure management, virtualisation, automation, monitoring, security, troubleshooting, and production support.The successful candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Linux operating systems, virtualisation technologies, private cloud platforms, networking, storage, and infrastructure automation.

Key Responsibilities

Linux Administration

Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux servers, primarily RHEL, CentOS, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu.
Perform server provisioning, patching, upgrades, hardening, and performance tuning.
Manage Linux users, groups, permissions, SSH, services, processes, filesystems, and storage.
Troubleshoot OS, application, resource utilisation, and connectivity issues.
Analyse system logs and perform root-cause analysis.
Implement backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery procedures.
Ensure Linux systems comply with enterprise security and operational standards.

Private Cloud Infrastructure

Deploy, administer, and maintain private cloud infrastructure and platforms.
Manage virtual machines, compute resources, clusters, resource pools, templates, and virtual networks.
Support private-cloud provisioning, scaling, capacity management, and lifecycle management.
Monitor infrastructure health, availability, capacity, and performance.
Perform infrastructure upgrades, migrations, patching, and maintenance activities.
Support high-availability and disaster-recovery environments.
Troubleshoot private-cloud infrastructure issues across compute, network, storage, and virtualisation layers.

Virtualisation

Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere/ESXi, Nutanix AHV, KVM, or equivalent virtualisation platforms.
Manage virtual machines, clusters, hypervisors, snapshots, templates, and resource allocation.
Troubleshoot VM performance and hypervisor-related issues.
Support VM migration, consolidation, provisioning, and capacity planning.
Work with virtual networking and distributed switching environments.

Storage & Networking

Good understanding of enterprise storage technologies including SAN, NAS, NFS, iSCSI, and virtual storage.
Troubleshoot storage capacity, performance, connectivity, and availability issues.
Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, routing, firewalls, load balancers, and network connectivity.
Support virtual networking within private-cloud environments.
Work closely with network and storage teams to resolve infrastructure issues.

Automation & Infrastructure Management

Develop automation scripts using Shell/Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
Automate server provisioning, configuration, patching, monitoring, and routine operational activities.
Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar automation/IaC tools.
Maintain configuration standards and infrastructure documentation.
Use Git or equivalent source-control platforms where applicable.

Monitoring & Operations

Monitor infrastructure availability, capacity, performance, and utilisation.
Work with monitoring and logging tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or equivalent.
Respond to infrastructure incidents and service requests.
Perform incident investigation, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
Participate in change, problem, and incident-management processes.
Support production environments and participate in on-call activities when required.

Required Technical Skills

Strong hands-on Linux system administration experience.
Experience with RHEL / CentOS / Rocky Linux / Ubuntu.
Strong knowledge of Linux processes, services, filesystems, storage, networking, and security.
Hands-on experience with private cloud or enterprise virtualisation environments.
Experience with one or more:VMware vSphere / ESXiNutanix AHVOpenStackKVMOpenShift / Red Hat private cloudGood understanding of compute, storage, virtual networking, and hypervisor technologies.
Experience with Ansible and/or Terraform.
Good scripting knowledge in Bash/Shell and/or Python.
Strong troubleshooting and production-support experience.
Understanding of enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability concepts.

Good-to-Have Skills