Senior Linux DevOps Engineer (8 Years DevOps Required)

Senior DevOps Engineer Linux / VMware / Terraform

Location: Bangalore
Work Mode: 100% On-site
Shift: US Shift / Night Shift Monday to Friday
Experience: 8+ years specifically in Linux / DevOps / Infrastructure Engineering
Employment: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Linux infrastructure, VMware, Infrastructure as Code, automation, CI/CD, containers, and cloud technologies.

This is a highly hands-on role for someone who can independently design, automate, troubleshoot, and improve infrastructure rather than simply maintain existing systems.

You will work closely with our US-based engineering teams to modernize our infrastructure, expand automation, strengthen CI/CD processes, and move traditional infrastructure toward an Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps-driven model.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/Terragrunt and Ansible.
• Administer and troubleshoot Ubuntu Linux servers across VMware, colocated infrastructure, and cloud environments.
• Manage and improve VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter environments.
• Build and maintain automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, backups, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket.
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker, Docker Compose, and Portainer.
• Support AWS infrastructure including EC2, RDS, S3, ECS Fargate, IAM, CloudWatch, VPN, and related services.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, Linux, networking, application deployment, database, and performance issues.
• Support services including MySQL, Redis, Apache, Cloudflare, Active Directory, and Authentik.
• Implement security best practices including least-privilege access, secrets management, network segmentation, logging, and monitoring.
• Work with monitoring tools including Zabbix, ELK/Elastic Stack, Sentry, and CloudWatch.
• Collaborate directly with developers and infrastructure teams to improve deployment reliability and eliminate repetitive manual work.
• Participate in infrastructure incident response and on-call support when required.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in Linux / DevOps / Infrastructure Engineering
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience
• Strong VMware vSphere / ESXi / vCenter administration
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform
• Experience with Ansible
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code
• Experience building and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins
• Strong Docker and containerization knowledge
• AWS infrastructure experience
• Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, VPN, firewall, and reverse proxy concepts
• Experience with Bash or other infrastructure scripting
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills
• Ability to work independently without requiring constant supervision

Preferred Skills

Experience with some of the following will be advantageous:

Terragrunt, Bitbucket, MySQL, Redis, Percona XtraBackup, Zabbix, ELK, Elastic Agent, Sentry, CloudWatch, Cloudflare, Apache, Active Directory, Authentik, Laravel/PHP environments, and Vue.js application environments.

Experience supporting HIPAA-regulated or other security/compliance-sensitive environments is also preferred.

Important Work Requirements

This position is 100% on-site in Bangalore and works closely with US-based engineering teams during US business hours / India night shift.

Please apply only if you are genuinely comfortable working this schedule on a long-term basis.

We are looking for someone who enjoys solving difficult infrastructure problems, taking ownership, automating repetitive work, and improving systems rather than waiting for detailed instructions.