Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer (Bare metal & storage)

Job Overview : We are looking for a highly experienced Linux Infrastructure Engineer with deep expertise in traditional Linux administration, bare metal infrastructure, and enterprise storage. This role is not focused on DevOps or cloud-native engineering. We already have a strong DevOps team and are looking for someone with extensive hands-on experience designing, building, administering, and troubleshooting large-scale Linux infrastructure.Key Responsibility & Required SkillsExpert-level Linux administration (Ubuntu required; Red Hat and SUSE preferred)Deep expertise in bare metal server deployment, architecture, and administrationStrong understanding of server hardware, including BIOS, RAID, firmware, iLO/iDRAC/IPMI, NICs, HBA cards, and hardware troubleshootingExperience designing and administering enterprise Linux infrastructureAdvanced Linux storage administration:LVMXFS, EXT4NFSiSCSIFibre Channel SANMultipath I/OStrong hands-on experience with Ceph, including:Cluster architectureMON, OSD, MDSRBD, CephFS, RGWCapacity planningPerformance tuningFailure recoveryStrong networking knowledge (bonding, VLANs, routing, MTU, DNS, DHCP)Experience with high availability, clustering, and disaster recoveryStrong troubleshooting skills across Linux OS, hardware, networking, and storageBash and Python scripting for automationNice to HaveKubernetes infrastructure (especially storage integration)VMware or KVMAnsibleAWS/Azure exposureWe are not looking forCandidates whose experience is primarily CI/CD pipeline engineeringEngineers focused mainly on Terraform, GitOps, or container platformsCloud-only administrators with limited bare metal or infrastructure experienceIdeal candidate: Someone who has spent years running enterprise Linux environments, building servers from the hardware up, architecting storage platforms, and solving complex OS, hardware, and storage issues. DevOps experience is a plus, but traditional Linux infrastructure expertise is the primary requirement.Originally posted on Himalayas