Linux Administrator

Contract Job: DevOps / Azure DevOps

Contract Term: Max 3-6 months

Looking For Immediate joiners only

Remote Opportunity

• CI/CD, deployment, environment management, and release support
• This can be a shared capability/position as well

DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a hands-on DevOps Engineer to manage and scale our cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes-based microservice deployments, monitoring systems, and data engineering infrastructure.

The person will be responsible for building reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-efficient infrastructure using automation-first practices. This role is important for supporting a high-growth B2C platform where availability, deployment velocity, observability, security, and cost efficiency are critical.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and automate cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot microservices on Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable, controlled deployments.
• Implement safe release practices, including rolling deployments, rollback, and zero-downtime deployments.
• Manage monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and production runbooks.
• Support incident response, production debugging, RCA, and preventive action closure.
• Ensure infrastructure is scalable, secure, highly available, and cost-optimised.
• Support data engineering infrastructure, including ClickHouse, PeerDB, Airflow, Kafka, and related platform components.
• Maintain infra-level security controls, backups, disaster recovery, and access governance.

Required Skills

• Strong experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and AWS.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, ingress, and autoscaling.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or similar.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, New Relic, or similar.
• Good understanding of cloud networking, DNS, load balancers, VPC/VPN, SSL/TLS, firewalls, and WAF.
• Experience with Linux administration, shell scripting, and automation.
• Understanding of cloud security, IAM, secrets management, and access governance.
• Exposure to databases, queues, caches, and data infrastructure tools such as ClickHouse, PeerDB, Airflow, Kafka, or similar.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills during production incidents.
• Ability to work closely with engineering teams to improve deployment, monitoring, cost, and reliability. 

Associate Principal Engineer, Linux Administrator

Location: Bengaluru, India (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience:9-11 years

Job description

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure Automation
• Deep hands-on expertise in Linux Administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) – OS hardening, security, patching, and performance management (Must Have)
• Strong experience with Cloud Technologies – Public & Private Cloud environments (Must Have)
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (Must Have)
• Strong automation expertise using Ansible for configuration management and infrastructure provisioning (Must Have)
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and end-to-end deployment automation
• Strong experience with Kubernetes administration, orchestration, and cluster management (Must Have)
• Hands-on experience with Docker containerization and Helm package management
• Experience managing large-scale development and infrastructure environments
• Strong understanding of Networking concepts, connectivity, design, troubleshooting, and network automation
• Experience with Observability & Monitoring tools and best practices
• Experience with Proxmox virtualization platform administration and management
• Knowledge of Edge Technologies and distributed infrastructure environments
• Basic understanding and administration of Active Directory (AD)
• Experience implementing AI-driven Automation solutions and operational efficiencies
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security, compliance, and governance
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, build, and manage scalable infrastructure platforms across cloud and on-premise environments
• Administer and maintain Linux servers including security hardening, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks using Ansible
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments
• Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads
• Manage Docker environments and Helm-based application deployments
• Design and implement network solutions ensuring security, reliability, and scalability
• Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and availability using observability and monitoring tools
• Manage and support Proxmox virtualization environments
• Implement AI-driven automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Support edge infrastructure deployments and distributed computing environments
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable platform services
• Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root cause analysis
• Define infrastructure standards, automation frameworks, and operational best practices
• Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and reliability of infrastructure platforms
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on DevOps and platform engineering initiatives
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand infrastructure requirements and deliver optimal solutions

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related fields

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Kubernetes Administrator with strong hands-on experience in managing Red Hat OpenShift environments. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in Kubernetes administration, ArgoCD, and Jenkins.

This role demands a self-motivated, quick learner who can confidently manage OpenShift-based infrastructure in production environments, communicate effectively with stakeholders, and escalate issues promptly when needed.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes administration (OpenShift or Kubernetes certification a plus).
• Proven expertise in managing containerized workloads on OpenShift platforms.
• Experience with ArgoCD, GitLab CI/CD, and Helm for deployment automation.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues in high-pressure production environments.
• Strong communication and customer-facing skills.
• Quick learner with a positive attitude toward problem-solving.

Electrum is looking for an experienced and proficient DevOps Engineer. This role will provide you with an opportunity to explore what’s possible in a collaborative and innovative work environment. If your goal is to work with a team of talented professionals that is keenly focused on solving complex business problems and supporting product innovation with technology, you might be our new DevOps Engineer. With this position, you will be involved in building out systems for our rapidly expanding team, enabling the whole engineering group to operate more effectively and iterate at top speed in an open, collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in software engineering and a vivid experience in deploying product updates, identifying production issues, and implementing integrations. The ideal candidate has proven capabilities and experience in risk-taking, is willing to take up challenges, and is a strong believer in efficiency and innovation with exceptional communication and documentation skills.

YOU WILL:

• Plan for future infrastructure as well as maintain & optimize the existing infrastructure. 
• Conceptualize, architect, and build:
• 1. Automated deployment pipelines in a CI/CD environment like Jenkins;
• 2. Infrastructure using Docker, Kubernetes, and other serverless platforms; 
• 3. Secured network utilizing VPCs with inputs from the security team. 
• Work with developers & QA team to institute a policy of Continuous Integration with Automated testing Architect, build and manage dashboards to provide visibility into delivery, production application functional, and performance status.
• Work with developers to institute systems, policies, and workflows which allow for a rollback of deployments. 
• Triage release of applications/ Hotfixes to the production environment on a daily basis.
• Interface with developers and triage SQL queries that need to be executed in production environments.
• Maintain 24/7 on-call rotation to respond and support troubleshooting of issues in production.
• Assist the developers and on calls for other teams with a postmortem, follow up and review of issues affecting production availability.
• Scale Electum platform to handle millions of requests concurrently.
• Reduce Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR), enable High Availability and Disaster Recovery

PREREQUISITES:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of six years of hands-on experience in software development and DevOps, specifically managing AWS Infrastructures such as EC2s, RDS, Elastic cache, S3, IAM, cloud trail, and other services provided by AWS.
• At least 2 years of experience in building and owning serverless infrastructure.
• At least 2 years of scripting experience in Python (Preferable) and Shell Web Application Deployment Systems Continuous Integration tools (Ansible).
• Experience building a multi-region highly available auto-scaling infrastructure that optimizes performance and cost.
• Experience in automating the provisioning of AWS infrastructure as well as automation of routine maintenance tasks.
• Must have prior experience automating deployments to production and lower environments.
• Worked on providing solutions for major automation with scripts or infrastructure.
• Experience with APM tools such as DataDog and log management tools.
• Experience in designing and implementing Essential Functions System Architecture Process; establishing and enforcing Network Security Policy (AWS VPC, Security Group) & ACLs.
• Experience establishing and enforcing:
• 1. System monitoring tools and standards
• 2. Risk Assessment policies and standards
• 3. Escalation policies and standards
• Excellent DevOps engineering, team management, and collaboration skills.
• Advanced knowledge of programming languages such as Python and writing code and scripts.
• Experience or knowledge in - Application Performance Monitoring (APM), and prior experience as an open-source contributor will be preferred.

• Collaborate with Dev, QA and Data Science teams on environment maintenance, monitoring (ELK, Prometheus or equivalent), deployments and diagnostics
• Administer a hybrid datacenter, including AWS and EC2 cloud assets
• Administer, automate and troubleshoot container based solutions deployed on AWS ECS
• Be able to troubleshoot problems and provide feedback to engineering on issues
• Automate deployment (Ansible, Python), build (Git, Maven. Make, or equivalent) and integration (Jenkins, Nexus) processes
• Learn and administer technologies such as ELK, Hadoop etc.
• A self-starter and enthusiasm to learn and pick up new technologies in a fast-paced environment.

Need to have

• Hands-on Experience in Cloud based DevOps
• Experience working in AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront, ECR, ECS etc)
• Experience with any programming language.
• Experience using Ansible, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes
• Experience in Python.
• Should be very comfortable working in Linux/Unix environment.
• Exposure to Shell Scripting.
• Solid troubleshooting skills

As DevOps Engineer, you are responsible to setup and maintain GIT repository, DevOps tools like Jenkins, UCD, Docker, Kubernetes, Jfrog Artifactory, Cloud monitoring tools, Cloud security.

• Setup, configure, and maintain GIT repos, Jenkins, UCD, etc. for multi hosting cloud environments.
• Architect and maintain the server infrastructure in AWS. Build highly resilient infrastructure following industry best practices.
• Working on Docker images and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• Develop and maintain the automation scripts using Ansible or other available tools.
• Maintain and monitor cloud Kubernetes Clusters and patching when necessary.
• Working on Cloud security tools to keep applications secured.
• Participate in software development lifecycle, specifically infra design, execution, and debugging required to achieve successful implementation of integrated solutions within the portfolio.
• Required Technical and Professional Expertise.
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in IT industry.
• Expertise in implementing and managing Devops CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience in DevOps automation tools. And Very well versed with DevOps Frameworks, Agile.
• Working knowledge of scripting using shell, Python, Terraform, Ansible or puppet or chef.
• Experience and good understanding in any of Cloud like AWS, Azure, Google cloud.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is required.
• Proficient in troubleshooting skills with proven abilities in resolving complex technical issues.
• Experience with working with ticketing tools.
• Middleware technologies knowledge or database knowledge is desirable.
• Experience and well versed with Jira tool is a plus.

As DevOps Engineer, you are responsible to setup and maintain GIT repository, DevOps tools like Jenkins, UCD, Docker, Kubernetes, Jfrog Artifactory, Cloud monitoring tools, Cloud security.

• Setup, configure, and maintain GIT repos, Jenkins, UCD, etc. for multi hosting cloud environments.
• Architect and maintain the server infrastructure in AWS. Build highly resilient infrastructure following industry best practices.
• Working on Docker images and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• Develop and maintain the automation scripts using Ansible or other available tools.
• Maintain and monitor cloud Kubernetes Clusters and patching when necessary.
• Working on Cloud security tools to keep applications secured.
• Participate in software development lifecycle, specifically infra design, execution, and debugging required to achieve successful implementation of integrated solutions within the portfolio.
• Required Technical and Professional Expertise.

• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in IT industry.
• Expertise in implementing and managing Devops CI/CD pipeline.
• Experience in DevOps automation tools. And Very well versed with DevOps Frameworks, Agile.
• Working knowledge of scripting using shell, Python, Terraform, Ansible or puppet or chef.
• Experience and good understanding in any of Cloud like AWS, Azure, Google cloud.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes is required.
• Proficient in troubleshooting skills with proven abilities in resolving complex technical issues.
• Experience with working with ticketing tools.
• Middleware technologies knowledge or database knowledge is desirable.
• Experience and well versed with Jira tool is a plus.

A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment will enable you to juggle between concepts yet maintain the quality of content, interact, share your ideas, and have loads of learning while at work. Work with a team of highly talented young professionals and enjoy the benefits of being at Xoxoday.

A fast-growing SaaS commerce company based in Bangalore with offices in Delhi, Mumbai, SF, Dubai, Singapore, and Dublin. We have three products in our portfolio: Plum, Empuls, and Compass. Xoxoday works with over 1000 global clients. We help our clients engage and motivate their employees, sales teams, channel partners, or consumers for better business results.

We look forward to connecting with you. As you may take time to review this opportunity, we will wait for a reasonable time of around 3-5 days before we screen the collected applications and start lining up job discussions with the hiring manager. However, we assure you that we will attempt to maintain a reasonable time window for successfully closing this requirement. The candidates will be kept informed and updated on the feedback and application status.