Sr Cloud Systems/Platform Engineer

Job Summary

Cvent s Platform Services team is looking for a Senior Cloud Systems/Platform Engineer based in India. You ll work shifted hours to provide morning overlap with the US team, covering day-to-day Linux operations, driving automation initiatives, and taking technical lead ownership on infrastructure and application projects. This is a hands-on role - we want someone who identifies toil and builds solutions, not just executes tickets.

In This Role, You Will

• Provide Follow-the-Sun Linux operations coverage; monitor, respond to incidents, and perform root cause analysis.
• Administer Rocky Linux / RHEL / CentOS systems across on-prem datacenters (SF, CO, Amsterdam) and cloud environments.
• Design and maintain Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventories for configuration management, patching, and deployments.
• Manage OS lifecycle and patching using tools such as Foreman, Satellite, or equivalent.
• Build and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines (declarative/Jenkinsfile); integrate automation tooling into release workflows.
• Manage Git repositories and IaC version control; enforce code review and change management practices.
• Administer and troubleshoot Java application servers (WebLogic, Tomcat) and web servers (NGINX, Apache).
• Support workloads in GCP, AWS, and/or Azure; contribute to cloud migration projects.
• Work with Kubernetes/GKE for containerized workload operations and deployments.
• Lead and contribute to migration of legacy monitoring platforms to Datadog, including APM, centralized logging, security monitoring, dashboards, and alerting.
• Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted tooling into automation and operational workflows (e.g., AI powered observability, LLM-assisted scripting, intelligent alerting).
• Write clean, maintainable Bash and Python scripts for operational tooling.
• Participate in on-call rotation; collaborate daily with US-based engineers and management.

Here's What You Need

Must-have

• 7+ years Linux sysadmin experience in production enterprise environments (Rocky Linux, RHEL, CentOS).
• 3+ years hands-on Ansible/AWX - writing playbooks, roles, and inventories from scratch.
• Jenkins CI/CD pipeline experience (declarative syntax / Jenkinsfile).
• Git proficiency - branching strategies, IaC version control, PR workflows.
• Hands-on cloud experience - AWS preferred, GCP and Azure helpful. Ability to administer and deploy workloads, not just familiarity.
• Shifted schedule availability for US morning overlap (~4:00 PM-12:30 AM IST).
• Strong English communication skills - daily collaboration with US team.
• Kubernetes / GKE experience.

Nice-to-have

• AI tooling exposure - AI-assisted observability, LLM-integrated scripting, or automation platforms with AI capabilities.
• OS patch management tooling: Foreman, Satellite, or equivalent.
• Java app server administration: WebLogic, Tomcat.
• Infrastructure-as-code in cloud environments.
• Additional CI/CD tooling: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD.
• Monitoring/observability platforms - Datadog preferred; Checkmk, Nagios, Zabbix, or similar also relevant.
• F5 BIG-IP or enterprise load balancer exposure.
• Multi-cloud (AWS + Azure/GCP) experience.

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