DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a Junior Linux Operations / DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on exposure to Linux environments and a practical understanding of system administration, command-line operations, shell scripting, deployments, and basic operational troubleshooting. The role is suited for someone who enjoys working close to application and infrastructure teams in a production- oriented environment. This is a Noida-based position, and applications are being considered only from candidates currently based in Noida.

Responsibilities:

• Perform day-to-day administration and operational support on Linux servers, primarily Ubuntu and Red Hat environments.
• Execute and troubleshoot Linux commands related to processes, services, files, permissions, networking, disk usage, logs, and system resources.
• Develop and maintain shell scripts for routine operational activities, health checks, file handling, log management, deployments, and housekeeping.
• Support application deployments, restarts, configuration changes, log verification, and rollback activities on Linux environments.
• Monitor services, application logs, disk space, memory, CPU, scheduled jobs, and basic system availability.
• Assist in investigating incidents and operational issues.
• Work with development and QA teams to support releases across development, test, UAT, and production-like environments.
• Maintain deployment procedures, runbooks, server checklists, and operational documentation.
• Follow change-management, access-control, backup, and security practices defined by the organisation.

Requirements:

• 1-2 years of hands-on experience working with Linux systems.
• Good knowledge of Ubuntu and/or Red Hat Linux distributions.
• Strong understanding of Linux commands, file system, permissions, process management, services, cron, SSH/SCP/SFTP, grep, awk, sed, tar, find, ps, top, df, du, and related utilities.
• Hands-on experience writing and debugging shell scripts (Bash preferred).
• Basic understanding of TCP/IP, ports, DNS, connectivity checks, and common network troubleshooting commands.
• Ability to read application/server logs and perform first-level troubleshooting.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

Good to Have:

• Exposure to CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or similar tools.
• Basic understanding of Git, Java application deployments, Tomcat, Nginx/Apache, or databases.
• Exposure to monitoring tools, containerization, or cloud environments.
• Basic knowledge of security hardening, SSL/TLS certificates, and server patching.

Preferred Attributes:

• Strong troubleshooting mindset and willingness to learn.
• Comfortable working with command-line tools and production support processes.
• Disciplined approach to documentation, checklists, and change execution.