Requirement Specification

  • Maintain stable, secure, and high-performing Linux platforms that support (apps/services).
  • Deliver automation and engineering improvements, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and scripting, to reduce manual effort and minimise incidents.
  • Strengthen the compliance posture through effective patching, hardening, and logging aligned with (standards).
  • Provide development and operational support for Linux-based services, platforms, and supporting tools.

Linux Engineering
  • Build, configure, and administer Linux servers across development, test, and production environments.
  • Manage the full operating system lifecycle, including provisioning, patching, upgrades, kernel tuning, and repository management.
  • Administer storage and file systems, including LVM, multipath, RAID, NFS/SMB, mounts, and quotas.
  • Manage identity and access controls, including LDAP/AD integration, sudo policies, PAM, and SSH hardening.
  • Configure and troubleshoot networking components such as bonding, VLANs, routing, and firewall rules using iptables or nftables.
  • Provide L3 Linux administration with OpenShift monitoring capability aligned to operational and audit requirements.
  • Linux Administration (RHEL): build, patch, upgrade, troubleshoot
  • OpenShift Monitoring agent setup, alert tuning, incident integration

Automation and Development
  • Develop and maintain scripts and tooling using Bash, Python, Ansible, system units, cron, Terraform and APIs.
  • Using Satellite server to implement automation.
  • Support CI/CD integration by building pipeline tasks for deployment, configuration validation, and improved operational efficiency.
  • Enable container-based workloads through Docker or Podman, provide basic Kubernetes support where required, and apply image hardening practices.

Security and Compliance
  • Apply CIS/STIG hardening baselines where appropriate.
  • Manage vulnerability remediation, EDR integration, auditing, and log forwarding through tools such as syslog, journal, or rsyslog.
  • Support certificate management, key rotation, and the secure handling of secrets through Vault or equivalent key management solutions.

Operations and Reliability
  • Maintain monitoring and alerting capabilities using tools.
  • Provide L2/L3 incident and problem support, including triage, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
  • Support DR and BCP readiness through backup integration, high availability, restore testing, and maintenance of operational runbooks.
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