System Administrator (Male Candidates)

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain Linux servers (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS) across UIDAI infrastructure.
• Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems, and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Support daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary. Preferred backup hands on like NetBackup, VEAAM and Baculla.
• Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
• Perform OS patching, system hardening, and performance optimization.
• Manage user access, file systems (LVM, RAID, NFS), and networking (DNS, DHCP, Firewall).
• Deploy and manage OpenStack components (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, Horizon).
• Provision and monitor VM instances, networking, and storage within OpenStack.
• Troubleshoot Linux and OpenStack-related incidents and provide RCA within SLA.
• Use Prometheus/Grafana/Nagios for performance and capacity monitoring.

Desired Skill:

• Strong knowledge of Linux administration (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS). Practical experience with OpenStack operations and Ceph integration.
• Hands-on in scripting (Bash/Python) and automation (Ansible).
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and Canonical tools (MAAS/Juju). Good understanding of networking concepts and incident management (ITSM).

• Certifications such as RHCE, LFCS, COA (OpenStack) or ITIL Foundation preferred.

• Candidates who have taken TCS iON NPT - Network Engineer will be given preference.