The posting
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform service recovery for Unix/Linux systems to minimise downtime and ensure business continuity.
- Troubleshoot OS, CPU, memory, filesystem, network, and performance-related issues.
- Manage production incidents and participate in incident recovery and root cause analysis.
- Conduct Disaster Recovery (DR) testing in coordination with business and infrastructure teams.
- Monitor server health, capacity, availability, and performance.
- Involved in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for critical incidents.
- Administer and maintain servers (Red Hat, AIX, Solaris) in production and DR environments.
- Coordinate with application, database, network, storage, and other infrastructure teams.
- Maintain operational procedures, technical documentation, and knowledge articles.
- Provide 24x7 on-call support during assigned shifts and respond to severity 1 incidents under pressure.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders during high-impact incidents and recovery efforts.
- Worked with L1 to monitor system performance and proactively address potential issues.
Responsibilities:
We are seeking a skilled and proactive Unix/Linux Administrator with 6–8 years of hands-on experience in managing enterprise Unix/Linux environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Red Hat, AIX, and Solaris systems, along with a solid understanding of VMware ESX/Network/Storage technologies. This role is focused on ensuring system resilience through effective service recovery, disaster recovery (DR) testing, and root cause analysis (RCA) of incidents.
- Perform service recovery for Unix/Linux systems to minimise downtime and support business continuity.
- Troubleshoot OS, CPU, memory, filesystem, network, and performance-related issues.
- Manage production incidents and participate in incident recovery and root cause analysis.
- Conduct Disaster Recovery (DR) testing in coordination with business and infrastructure teams.
- Monitor server health, capacity, availability, and performance.
- Involved in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations for critical incidents.
- Administer and maintain servers (Red Hat, AIX, Solaris) in production and DR environments.
- Coordinate with application, database, network, storage, and other infrastructure teams.
- Maintain operational procedures, technical documentation, and knowledge articles.
- Provide 24x7 on-call support during assigned shifts and respond to severity 1 incidents under pressure.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders during high-impact incidents and recovery efforts.
- Work with L1 to monitor system performance and proactively address potential issues.
Required Skills
- Degree/Diploma in Information Technology/Computer Science or equivalent
- At least years of experience in Unix/Linux system administration and production support.
- Strong Unix/Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Knowledge of filesystem/LVM, processes, services, networking, user administration, and shell scripting.
- Experience with Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes.
- Good analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and coordination skills.
Good to Have:
- Good knowledge of ITIL processes, incident management and RCA methodologies.
- VMware/virtualization knowledge.
- Storage technologies such as SAN, LUN, and multipathing.
- Experience working in a bank is a plus
Key Domain/ Technical Skills:
- Red Hat Linux, AIX, Solaris operating systems.
- VMware ESX, Network, Storage.
- Geneos, Splunk, and scripting are a plus.



