Platform Engineer Linux

7+ years Linux sysadmin experience in production enterprise environments (Rocky Linux, RHEL, CentOS). 3+ years hands-on Ansible/AWX - writing playbooks, roles, and inventories from scratch. Jenkins CI/CD pipeline experience (declarative syntax / Jenkinsfile). Git proficiency - branching strategies, IaC version control, PR workflows. Hands-on cloud experience - AWS preferred, GCP and Azure helpful. Ability to administer and deploy workloads, not just familiarity. Shifted schedule availability for US morning overlap (~4:00 PM 12:30 AM IST). Strong English communication skills - daily collaboration with US team. Kubernetes / GKE experience. Nice-to-have: AI tooling exposure - AI-assisted observability, LLM-integrated scripting, or automation platforms with AI capabilities. OS patch management tooling: Foreman, Satellite, or equivalent. Java app server administration: WebLogic, Tomcat. Infrastructure-as-code in cloud environments. Additional CI/CD tooling: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD. Monitoring/observability platforms - Datadog preferred; Checkmk, Nagios, Zabbix, or similar also relevant. F5 BIG-IP or enterprise load balancer exposure. Multi-cloud (AWS + Azure/GCP) experience.