Senior Unix/Linux Automation Engineer
Noida, Uttar Pradesh · 4+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 19, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
About the role
- ShyftLabs is seeking a Senior Unix/Linux Automation Engineer to administer, patch, and maintain Oracle Linux and AIX servers.
- The role involves designing and building Ansible playbooks, managing virtual machine provisioning across Nutanix AHV and GCP, and providing operational and security support.
Responsibilities
- Administer, patch, and maintain Oracle Linux and AIX servers; manage lifecycle and compliance using tools like OS Management Hub, Tanium, or equivalent.
- Manage virtual machine provisioning, migration, lifecycle, and decommissioning across Nutanix AHV and GCP.
- Support server standards, provisioning processes, infrastructure upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
- Troubleshoot complex server and infrastructure issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions.
- Diagnose system memory, disk I/O, and storage performance issues in high-availability environments.
- Coordinate with application, database, network, storage, cloud, and security teams to resolve cross-platform issues.
- Design, build, and maintain Ansible playbooks to manage configuration across heterogeneous Linux/AIX fleets.
- Lead discovery, planning, and implementation phases of new automation initiatives to reduce manual operations.
- Remediate vulnerabilities and security findings within defined SLAs.
- Participate in disaster recovery testing, maintenance windows, and on-call support.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting Linux OS in enterprise/production environments.
- 4+ years of experience using Ansible for configuration management across Linux and AIX servers.
- Working knowledge of patch management tools and zero-downtime patching strategies.
- Proven experience driving automation projects from discovery through implementation.
- Strong Ansible playbook scripting and automation skills.
- Experience with Active Directory SSSD integration troubleshooting.
- Experience with Nutanix AHV.
- Experience with enterprise patch management and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience with ITSM and production change management processes.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Oracle Linux preferred
- Experience with Tanium, CrowdStrike, Delinea Secret Server, and/or Datadog
- Experience supporting Linux workloads in GCP and/or AWS
- Experience with certificate management
- Familiarity with FreeRADIUS, LDAP, or Kerberos
- Familiarity with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Exposure to CI/CD and infrastructure automation platforms such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins
- Relevant Linux, cloud, virtualization, or infrastructure certifications
Skills
- Linux
- Oracle Linux
- AIX
- Ansible
- Nutanix AHV
- GCP
- Tanium
- CrowdStrike
- Delinea Secret Server
- Datadog
- Terraform
- AWS
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- FreeRADIUS
- LDAP
- Kerberos
