Linux IT Administrator (Exp 5-6 yrs)

JOB DESCRIPTION — Linux IT Administrator

Experience Required: 5–6 Years

Location: HYDERABAD

About Us

Crowdnetic Technologies Private Limited is an unlisted private company incorporated on 18 January 2016. It is classified as a private subsidiary of FinMkt.Inc., New York and is in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Job description

We are seeking a skilled Linux Infrastructure Engineer with 5–6 years of strong hands-on experience in Linux administration, infrastructure automation, cloud provisioning, and CI/CD integration. The ideal candidate has deep expertise with Ansible, Terraform, and Azure, works comfortably in agile environments, and follows an automation-first approach to ensure scalability and operational excellence.

This role is critical to building and maintaining secure, resilient, and repeatable infrastructure workflows across our PaaS based ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Linux Administration

• Administer, configure, and optimize Linux servers (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS/Rocky).
• Perform OS hardening, patching, performance tuning, and log analysis.
• Troubleshoot OS, networking, and system performance issues end-to-end.
• Implement security baselines, Sudo policies, and system-level monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with internal security standards and industry’s best practices (like CIS Benchmarking).

2. Infrastructure Automation & Provisioning

• Build and maintain Ansible automation workflows (roles, playbooks, inventories, vaults, integrations).
• Develop reusable, modular Terraform templates for cloud provisioning (preferably Azure).
• Automate server provisioning, configuration drift detection, and environment consistency.
• Implement policy-as-code, standardized infra patterns, and version-controlled IaC workflows.
• Improve deployment reliability through fully automated provisioning pipelines.

3. CI/CD Pipeline Integration & DevOps Collaboration

• Integrate IaC workflows into CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, TeamCity, SonarQube).
• Implement validation checks, approval gates, rollbacks, and multi-environment deployment logic.
• Enforce IaC lifecycle workflows covering versioning, testing, approvals, and governance.
• Work closely with Dev, QA, and Security teams to deliver infrastructure supporting releases.
• Participate in agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, internal demos/testing).

4. Operational Excellence

• Manage monitoring, alerting, and observability for Linux environments (Prometheus, /Grafana/Azure Monitor).
• Participate in incident management, Change management/Approval process and root cause analysis (RCA).
• Maintain and enhance Linux infrastructure logging, auditing, and configuration tracking systems.
• Develop SOPs, runbooks and automation documentation.
• Ensure adherence to compliance and cybersecurity requirements.

Required Skills

• Any degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar
• 5–6 years of hands-on Linux System Administration experience.
• Strong experience with Ansible (roles, playbooks, automations).
• Strong experience with Terraform (modules, state mgmt., workspaces).
• Hands-on experience with Azure IAS (VMs, networking, monitoring).
• CI/CD exposure using Jenkins/Bitbucket/TeamCity.
• Working Knowledge of Bash and Python or PowerShell.
• Understanding of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, routing, firewalls).
• Understanding of security best practices: OS hardening, SSL/SSH mgmt.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and root cause investigation skills.
• Strong documentation, and cross-team collaboration abilities.
• Ownership mindset with focus on automation and continuous improvement.

· Culture

· Fast-paced, intellectually stimulating, steep learning, and growth Close-knit, hardworking,

· supportive colleagues Challenging work.

· Perks and Benefits

· Work-life balance.

· Health & accidental insurance

· Employee Provident Fund

· Open door policy with the leadership team. Co-founders are just a call away.

· Job Types: Full-time, Permanent (Work from Office)

· Salary: As Per Industry Standard

· Education: Any graduation

· Experience: 5-6 years in related field

· Location: SEZ, NSL Towers, Uppal, Hyderabad – Telangana 500039

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹246,563.34 - ₹790,084.53 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person