Linux Technical Consultant

Role:Technical Consultant - Linux Platform and virtualization
Experience level: 8 Years
Location: Pune
Mode: WFO
Budget: 25 to 28 LPA Max
Preferred Immediate to 30 Days joiners

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Technical Consultant - Linux Platform and virtualization
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experiencedLinux Solution Consultant with 8 years of
overall IT experience including3 years in solution or platform
consulting roles with a strong understanding of VMware KVM and other
enterprise virtualization platforms. The role requires leadership in
solution architecture platform integration architecture governance
and stakeholder engagement with the ability to design and support
integrated virtualized solutions aligned to business security and
operational requirements. The focus is on outcomedriven delivery within
regulated enterprise environments.
Architecture & Design
- Lead solution and enterprise architecture activities translating
business security and operational requirements into
implementable technical architectures
- Drive architecture governance including architecture board reviews
approvals and compliance to enterprise standards
- Identify document and justify product gaps risks constraints
and acceptable architectural deviations
- Translate high-level architectures into executable technical
designs standards and reference architectures
Implementation
- Design deploy and operate solutions using HPE VM Essentials /
Morpheus with strong hands-on involvement
- Provide advanced Linux / UNIX administration and troubleshooting
including performance tuning and stability improvements
- Design and implement KVM-based virtualization solutions in
enterprise environments
- Develop automation scripts and tooling to standardize provisioning
configuration validation and lifecycle management
- Support technical validation UAT and production readiness
activities
- Perform root cause analysis with structured incident problem and
post-incident documentation
Delivery & Collaboration
- Resolve technical dependencies and cross-domain integration
challenges
- Work effectively with cross-functional teams including operations
compliance and business stakeholders
- Demonstrate high accountability and reliability in meeting delivery
commitments
- Context-switch effectively between technical deep dives
architectural discussions and stakeholder conversations
Mandatory Technical Skills
- KVM virtualization experience
- Stronginfrastructure and compute background:
- Virtualization
- Networking
- Storage
- Security
- Strong capability to analyse customer requirements and develop
viable technical solution proposals
- Strong understanding of Linux /Unix
- Kernel behavior boot process systemd
- Filesystems (ext4 XFS GFS2)
- LVM VxFS multipathing udev
- Experience in Serviceguard and pacemaker clustering technologies
- Strong understanding of Storage
- SAN/NAS concepts: FC iSCSI NFS
- Storage integration with Linux and virtualization platforms
- Strong understanding of Virtualization & Compute
- Extensive experience with KVM/libvirt (virsh virt-install
virt-manager)
- Strong understanding of VMware concepts (ESXi vCenter) and
migration strategies
- CPU models NUMA awareness SR-IOV PCI passthrough nested
virtualization
- Strong understanding of Networking
- Deep understanding of Linux networking:
- Bonding (LACP) bridging VLANs
- TCP/IP fundamentals MTU jumbo frames
- Troubleshooting complex network paths in virtualized
environments
- Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting
Recommended / Nice-to-Have Skills
- HPE VM Essentials / Morpheus - design deployment operations
- Experience working in regulated enterprise environments
- Exposure to automation and orchestration platforms
- Experience with large-scale enterprise infrastructure
transformations
Mandatory Soft Skills
- Strong outcome-oriented mindset with proactive ownership
- Ability to drive outcomes not just designs
- Strong collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
- Ability to context-switch across technical architectural and
stakeholder discussions
- High level of accountability and delivery discipline
- Excellent analytical documentation and communication skills
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Subject Matter Expert who ishands-on not slide-only
- Comfortable owning solutionsend-to-end
- Trusted to deliver inhigh-stakes enterprise environments
- Known forexecution reliability and architectural rigor

Required Skills:

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