Summary
We are looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Managed Services team, based in India and working aligned to US/UK business hours. This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who wants to help lead the shift from manual Linux operations toward automated, code-reviewed DevOps practices across a large-scale, always-on managed services environment supporting enterprise financial services clients.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of Python-based tooling and Ansible/Puppet Enterprise playbooks that automate patching, server builds, and other repeatable operational tasks.
- Help design and implement GitLab CI pipelines that bring version control and peer review to infrastructure changes.
- Own day-to-day RHEL 8 administration across physical and virtualized infrastructure — patch management, performance troubleshooting, and configuration management.
- Administer and maintain monitoring, security, and compliance tooling, including Zabbix, SolarWinds, Nessus, and CimTrak.
- Support system hardening, security updates, and vulnerability remediation across the estate.
- Participate in, and help mature, change management processes for infrastructure changes.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, responding to production incidents and escalations.
- Mentor engineers and help build automation and scripting capability across the team.
- Maintain clear technical documentation, procedures, and operational runbooks.
- Work closely with architects, engineers, and support teams to ensure service reliability and availability.
Skills & Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in Linux administration, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering, ideally in a managed services or enterprise environment.
- Solid Python programming experience — scripting, automation, API integration.
- Hands-on experience with Ansible and/or Puppet (Puppet Enterprise) for configuration management.
- Familiarity with GitLab (or a similar platform) and CI/CD pipeline concepts.
- Comfortable working US business hours from India, including participation in an on-call rotation.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Clear, proactive communicator across a distributed, cross-time-zone team.
Desired Experience (Not Essential)
- Exposure to enterprise storage platforms such as Dell PowerScale/Isilon.
- Familiarity with monitoring/security tools such as CimTrak, in addition to Zabbix, SolarWinds, and Nessus.
- Strong understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS, SSH, and firewalls.
- Understanding of virtualization technologies such as VMware vSphere.
- Familiarity with LDAP, Kerberos, SSSD, and NFS.
- Understanding of ITIL processes, change management, and incident management.
- Experience working in environments aligned with ISO 27001 or similar security standards.
- RHCSA or an equivalent Red Hat certification.
Personal Attributes
- Strong ownership mindset with a track record of leading technical initiatives.
- Positive, collaborative approach to mentoring engineers.
- Attention to detail and commitment to strong operational practice.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, always-on environment.
- Customer-focused mindset with a desire to provide excellent service.
- Self-motivated and results-driven, with the ownership and initiative to work independently.
- Communicates confidently and professionally with customers, building trusted relationships through clear, effective engagement.
- This is a Hybrid role and will require you to work from the office during the week.
Celebrus Technologies is committed to having a workforce that reflects diversity at all levels and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your true self to work every day, as we embrace who you are and evaluate everyone equally. Qualified applicants are considered for employment, and employees are treated during employment without regard to ancestry; age; appearance; color; gender identity and/or expression; genetics; family or parental status; marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status; mental, physical, or sensory disability; national, social, or ethnic origin; citizenship; past or present military service; sexual orientation; socioeconomic status; race; or religion or belief, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation or assistance for any part of the interview and employment process.