- Lead infrastructure design and deployment using Linux distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ubuntu.

- Design, manage, and optimize virtualization environments using VMware vSphere, KVM, or Hyper-V technologies.

- Define and implement high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity strategies across infrastructure platforms.

- Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, networking, and application teams to align platform architecture with business and operational requirements.

- Drive system performance tuning, capacity planning, infrastructure optimization, and operational efficiency initiatives.

- Implement security hardening, compliance standards, patch management, and governance best practices across Linux environments.

- Lead infrastructure automation initiatives using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Bash, and Python scripting.

- Support hybrid cloud integrations and infrastructure modernization initiatives across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

- Work with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes to support modern platform engineering practices.

- Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship to infrastructure and platform engineering teams.

- Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks and recommend scalable improvements aligned with enterprise architecture strategy.

Ideal Candidate Criteria :

- 8+ years of experience in Linux platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or solution architecture roles.

- Strong expertise in Linux operating systems including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Ubuntu.

- Deep understanding of Linux system administration, kernel tuning, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

- Strong experience architecting and managing enterprise virtualization environments using VMware vSphere, KVM, or Hyper-V.

- Hands-on experience designing high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity solutions.

- Strong experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.

- Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Bash and Python.

- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

- Good understanding of networking concepts, storage systems, and infrastructure security best practices.

- Experience implementing security hardening, compliance frameworks, and governance standards across enterprise infrastructure.

- Exposure to Agile, DevOps, and platform engineering-driven environments.

- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

- Experience with hybrid cloud and enterprise data center environments will be preferred.

- Exposure to monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana is preferred.

- Certifications such as RHCE/RHCA, VMware VCP/VCAP, or AWS/Azure/GCP certifications will be an added advantage.