Linux & Cloud Engineer With Azure AKS & Terraform

Overview

• Administer, configure, and troubleshoot Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
• Perform advanced LVM operations: creation, resizing, snapshots, expansion, and tuning.
• Manage Solaris environments including patching, SMF/service management, and performance monitoring.
• Monitor system health, logs, and support capacity planning activities.
  
  

• Develop and maintain automation workflows using Ansible and Ansible Tower / AWX.
• Build reusable playbooks, roles, and templates for provisioning, configuration, and patching.
• Automate compliance checks, system baselines, and configuration policies.
  
  

• Manage core Azure services including:
• Virtual Machines
• Storage Accounts
• Virtual Networks
• Identity & Access Management (IAM)
• Build, optimize, and support Azure DevOps Pipelines (CI/CD) for deployment, testing, and releases.
• Administer Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS):
• Node pool lifecycle management
• Upgrades & patching
• Monitoring (logs, metrics)
• Workload management & ingress configuration
  

• Design and maintain scalable IaC solutions using Terraform.
• Implement best-practice Terraform workflows, reusable modules, and secure state management.
  
  

• Perform routine patching, backup, DR, and system hardening tasks.
• Troubleshoot production issues across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation and act as an escalation point for critical issues.
• Collaborate closely with development, cloud, security, and network teams for end-to-end solution delivery.
  
  

• 5–9 years of hands-on experience in Linux administration.
• Strong knowledge of LVM, filesystems, storage, and backup frameworks.
• Proficiency with Ansible, Ansible Tower / AWX.
• Solid experience with Azure Cloud and Azure DevOps CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience managing AKS clusters.
• Strong IaC experience using Terraform.
• Proficiency in Bash/Shell scripting.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts: TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls.
  
  

Linux Administration,Ansible,Azure Cloud