Linux System Engineer

Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world's leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end-to-end Engineering, IT and Business Solutions. With over 27,000+ associates, it’s the largest software development center of Bosch, outside Germany, indicating that it is the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India with a global footprint and presence in the US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

Linux System Engineer for RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Service, Ubuntu Server Service and Cloud Service of Bosch worldwide.

• Installation and maintenance of Linux Operating System and related components in a Large-scale RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian Server infrastructure via Automations. Ensure stable, secure and efficient service and operations.

• Ansible playbooks development, scripting, programming for Automation. Continuously improve the automation status (CI/CD).

• Follow the latest Security Standards and Requirements, conduct Security and Cybersecurity implementations.

• Develop API driven automation.

• Coordinate and collaborate with 1st & 2nd level support, Analyze, troubleshoot, and provide solutions for escalated technical issues.

• Incident, Problem, Change, and Configuration Management. Continuously improve the process where needed.

• Ensure hardening, patch management and upgrades of Linux Servers is properly done.

• Address audit findings and IT risks including remediation, progress tracking, status reporting and evidence documentation.

• Maintain high-availability of systems.

• Improve monitoring systems (Icinga/nagios/Grafana).

• Prepare and maintain SOP documentations.

• Consult and collaborate with IT and DevOps teams on security best practices and requirements for Linux/Unix Operating systems in On-Prem/Cloud environments.

• Perform Host management, Golden image management and Automation for cloud platforms.

• Hardware maintenance of x86 and Sparc Hardware.

• Coordinate storage, backup and ESX administration.

• Continuously improve the visibility of  the security status of the environment.

• Participate in Agile meetings.

Educational qualification:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering or similar specialization/technical discipline

Experience :

• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience and knowledge in the field of RHEL/Ubuntu/Debian Operations and System engineering with Automation. 

• Experience in managing Linux Servers in a large scale Ubuntu/Debian/RHEL environment with good administration skills.

• Experience and in integrating Ubuntu/RHEL infrastructure with Identity providers such as AD, PAM. Good knowledge in SSSD and KERBEROS (Modern Authentications).

• Experience in Ansible Automation platform (formally Tower) and CI/CD, good in developing/scripting Ansible playbooks/roles to automate tasks in large IT infrastructure.

• Experience and comprehensive knowledge in IT security and Cybersecurity.

• Good communication and coordination skill to ensure client requests and escalations are handled well with high level of customer satisfactions.

• Knowledge and experience of monitoring systems (Icinga/nagios/Grafana/Zabbix).

• Good understanding of DevOps, SRE and Agile principles.

• Good understanding of CI/CD Pipelines.

• Experience with IT Service Management based on ITIL and industry established quality standards.

• Must be able to perform work independently in accordance with defined organization standards.

• Experience using different patch management solutions (Eg: Satellite, Suse manager, BMC, Big Fix) to handle patch management for large infrastructure at a scale of 10,000+ systems

• Knowledge of patch management, reporting, and automation technologies.

Mandatory/requires Skills :

Linux Server operation and administration

Preferred Skills :