Responsibilities

1. Infrastructure & Application Management

• Design, build, and maintain resilient infrastructure across hybrid and multi-tier topologies.

• Plan for capacity and scalability in alignment with business and workload needs.

• Perform end-to-end application deployments including configuration, monitoring, and rollbacks.

• Manage the lifecycle of applications in production and non-production environments.

2. Linux/UNIX Administration

• Administer Linux/UNIX systems, including:

  • Service and process management

  • User and role administration

  • Performance tuning

  • Bash scripting and automation

  • Package management using yum/dnf

  • System service control with systemctl

3. Networking & Security

• In-depth knowledge of:

  • TCP/IP, HTTP, curl, and firewalls

  • Security protocols: TLS, OAuth

  • Certificate and key management (Keystore/Truststore)

• Apply security measures, including throttling, certificate handling, and secure communication.

4. HA Proxy Configuration

• Configure and maintain HAProxy for:

  • SSL termination

  • Inbound/outbound routing

  • Load balancing

  • Backend health checks

5. Troubleshooting & Optimization

• Investigate and resolve issues in pre-production and production environments (e.g., HTTP 500 errors).

• Analyze logs, optimize performance, and ensure environment stability.

6. User and Role Management

• Efficiently manage user accounts and role-based access controls.

7. Application & IT Operations

• Coordinate and execute patch upgrades and scheduled maintenance activities.

• Perform change management processes for system and application changes.

• Participate in or lead incident management workflows, including root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.

• Ensure documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and runbooks.

Preferred Skills

1. Apigee Edge

• Understanding of Apigee architecture

• Proxy deployment and management

• Security policy and traffic flow configuration

2. CI/CD & Automation

• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions

• Automate proxy or configuration deployments

3. Monitoring & Observability

• Familiarity with tools such as:

  • ELK Stack

  • Graylog

  • Grafana

• Use for log aggregation, performance monitoring, and alerting

4. Database & Middleware

• Experience with:

  • NoSQL databases: Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB

  • Relational databases: MySQL

• Understanding of API gateways vs. middleware layers

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.

• 4–7 years of relevant experience as a System Administrator or DevOps Engineer.

• Strong troubleshooting and communication skills.

• Experience with modern DevOps and IT operations methodologies.