Senior Linux Administrator

About Our Company

Ameriprise India LLP has been providing client based financial solutions to help clients plan and achieve their financial objectives for 20 years. We are part of Ameriprise Financial Inc., a US financial planning company headquartered in Minneapolis with a global presence and diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. The firm’s focus areas include Asset Management and Advice, Retirement Planning and Insurance Protection.

Be part of an inclusive, collaborative culture that rewards you for your contributions, and work with other talented individuals who share your passion for doing great work. You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to make your mark at the office and a difference in your community. So, if you're talented, driven and want to work for a strong, ethical company that cares, take the next step and create a career at Ameriprise India LLP.

Job Description

In this role the person will be the responsible for Linux administration, cloud infrastructure, and automation. The role will be responsible for supporting highly available Linux environments while driving automation, security, reliability, and operational efficiency across on-premises and cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

- Automating the administration & end-to-end life-cycle management of RHEL servers by including provisioning, installation, software packaging, patching, planned & unplanned maintenance, service configuration and integration with our monitoring platform.

- Development & continuous enhancement of tools, utilities, reports & frameworks to assist production support, operational processes, re-engineering efforts etc.

- Work closely with Cloud Engineering to enable development of end-to-end automated platforms• Develop new automations in Ansible or new Lambdas (self-healing & INC-minimization).

- Contribute towards API gateway-related deliverables & proactively move towards server-less infra.

- Contribute towards developing a holistic Front-end for our Core Infrastructure services, which would initially mean for operational & visibility for our team, but would simultaneously provide few frequently needed info by App-teams.

- Move towards AI/ML driven data-visualization & self-healing, using Python

Required Qualifications

- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent academic qualification.

- 3-6 years of System Administration experience in supporting, engineering, developing & optimizing automation solutions on RHEL based On-Premises or post-premise, currently working as L2/L3 team-member in a Service Delivery model.

- Candidate should have exposure to Basic ITIL concepts viz. Incident/Change/Problem/Request management.

- Mandatory: 3+ years of expertise with RHEL Linux System Administration.

- Mandatory: Hands-on experience or knowledge on AWS EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, Cloudtrail, Systems manager, CloudFormation or Lambda• Mandatory: 2+ years of Hands-on experience in managing Ansible Tower or Ansible CLI and experience to work with Modules, as a Configuration Management Tool.

- Preferred: Hands-on experience or knowledge in writing SHELL(Bash) or Python scripts.

- Preferred: Hands-on Experience in writing Terraform modules for various AWS and Azure Services, crafting ideal IAM policies and experience with policy as a code tools like checkov.

- Preferred: Exposure to ServiceNow and JIRA would be desirable.

- Preferred: Experience with GIT & Bitbucket for version control.

- Preferred: Should be familiar about Agile/Scrum methodologies and must have worked in a Sprint driven Support Group

- Proficient in handling System Security vulnerabilities and OS configuration deviations that improves the overall security posture.

- Exposure to Server QA/validation, Server-Build: Design, Delivery & Asset Management & Server Decommission

- Skillset and experience in handling operational issues in supporting native AWS/Azure services

- Proficient with Platform & Infrastructure OS Patching, Releases, Upgrades, Migration, Refresh, etc.

- Experience in handling NFS/CIFS related issues on Production or Non-Production environment.

- Windows Active Directory &/or LDAP knowledge is highly desirable

- Detail oriented, self-starter, capable of working independently

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to document, design & present proposals

- Strong attention to detail and with ability to focus on quality and efficiency.

- Ability to communicate and articulate technical information across various organizational levels

- Highly innovative problem solver with strong analytical and customer service abilities required

- High reasoning aptitude and ability to quickly understand complex operating environments

- Strong thought leadership and motivation with the ability to work independently

- Solid understanding of monitoring tools and monitoring techniques with focus on problem determination and prevention.

- Candidate should have decent understanding of storage layout (SAN/NAS) and configuration best practices from a server/client perspective.

Preferred Qualifications
Professional experience in administration, configuration & support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x, 9.x & 10.x

- Expert in writing software packaging, and deploying into a fully automated environment.

- Hands-on/Basic experience in managing AMZ Linux systems.

- Should have fundamental exposure to IT environments governed by ITIL framework. Change, Incident (RCA) & Problem Management-related activities

- Experienced with intermediate MS Excel skills: VLOOKUP, pivoting, formulas, macros, data comparison

- Expert in writing Python Scripts & Ansible Playbooks and deploying into a fully automated environment

- Exposure to Server QA, Server-Build: Design, Delivery & Asset Management

- Solid understanding of monitoring tools and monitoring techniques with focus on problem determination and prevention.

- Candidate should have decent understanding of storage layout (SAN/NAS) and configuration best practices from a server/client perspective.
Candidate must have the following Certifications:

- RHCSA or RHCE (RHEL9/\10)

- AWS Solutions Architect or AWS SysOps Administrator

- ITIL Foundation (desirable)

In-Office Collaboration
We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least three (3) days per week, with flexibility to work from home two (2) days per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full time
Timings

(2:00p-10:30p)
India Business Unit

AWMPO AWMP&S President's Office
Job Family Group

Technology
Ameriprise India LLP is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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