# Linux SME / SRE Engineer

> Weekday AI · Bengaluru, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-28

**Salary:** INR 2,000,000–3,000,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Weekday's Client via platform

## Description

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟯𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟮𝟬-𝟯𝟬 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 5+ yrs

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experienced **Linux SME / SRE Engineer** with strong expertise in **Core Linux Administration, RHEL, and PCS/Pacemaker clustering** to support business-critical production environments.

The role focuses on maintaining highly available Linux infrastructure, resolving complex production issues, ensuring system reliability, and supporting clustered environments. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on troubleshooting capabilities, a solid understanding of high-availability architectures, and the ability to work effectively with clients and technical stakeholders.

## Requirements

Key Responsibilities

-   Administer and support **Linux-based production environments** across critical infrastructure.
-   Perform day-to-day **Core Linux administration**, configuration, monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
-   Manage, monitor, configure, and troubleshoot **PCS/Pacemaker high-availability clusters**.
-   Ensure availability, reliability, stability, and performance of Linux infrastructure and clustered services.
-   Troubleshoot complex and critical production incidents and drive issues through to resolution.
-   Perform root-cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions for recurring infrastructure problems.
-   Monitor system and cluster health and proactively identify potential availability or performance issues.
-   Support failover, recovery, maintenance, and operational activities across high-availability environments.
-   Collaborate with clients, infrastructure teams, application teams, and other technical stakeholders on incidents and enhancements.
-   Participate in incident management, problem management, change management, and production maintenance activities.
-   Follow SRE practices for monitoring, reliability improvement, incident response, and operational efficiency.
-   Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, troubleshooting guides, and support records.
-   Participate in rotational shifts to provide continuous production support.
-   Identify opportunities to automate repetitive infrastructure tasks and improve operational efficiency.
-   Support infrastructure changes, upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities in accordance with established processes.
-   Contribute to service reliability, availability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What Makes You a Great Fit

-   **5–9 years of overall experience** in Linux administration, infrastructure engineering, SRE, or production support, with a maximum of 10 years preferred.
-   Minimum **4 years of hands-on experience with PCS/Pacemaker cluster administration**.
-   Strong expertise in **Core Linux Administration** and production infrastructure support.
-   Strong hands-on experience with **RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)**.
-   Solid understanding of **High Availability, clustering, failover, resource management, and cluster troubleshooting**.
-   Proven experience supporting **critical production environments** with strict availability and reliability requirements.
-   Strong troubleshooting, debugging, root-cause analysis, and incident-resolution capabilities.
-   Experience working with production monitoring, incident management, and infrastructure maintenance processes.
-   Strong understanding of **SRE and ITIL practices** is desirable.
-   Excellent communication and client-facing skills with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to stakeholders.
-   Strong stakeholder-management and collaboration skills.
-   Ability to work effectively under pressure during critical production incidents.
-   Willingness to work in **rotational shifts**, including scheduled production-support coverage.
-   Experience with **VMware administration** is an advantage.
-   Exposure to **AWS or other cloud platforms** is desirable.
-   Knowledge of **Oracle Database** and its infrastructure dependencies is an advantage.
-   Strong ownership mindset with a focus on system reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

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